Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill

Rock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill

England
List entry 1012685
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012685
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SE 14112 40751
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill is a Bronze Age rock art site located in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a natural rock surface bearing a single cup mark, a form of pecked depression characteristic of prehistoric ritual or ceremonial rock art in Britain. Cup marks are among the most common types of rock art found across upland regions of northern England and Scotland, typically dating to the Bronze Age, though their precise chronological placement and interpretative function remain subjects of scholarly debate. The site's location between the road and Pennythorn Hill places it within a landscape that may have held significance for prehistoric communities occupying the region.

Rock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012685. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Rock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill?

Rock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill is a Bronze Age rock art site located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012685.

Who is responsible for protecting Rock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill?

Rock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1012685.

What other scheduled monuments are near Rock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed settlement known as `Soldier's Trench' including a cup-marked rock (2 km), Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (2 km), Cup-marked rock close to road south east of a small car park south east of Bracken Hall Farm. (2 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Rock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill

Rock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.