© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Rock with single cup near wall at Stead Crag is a Bronze Age rock art site located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a natural rock surface bearing a single cup mark, a form of prehistoric rock carving characteristic of the Bronze Age period in Britain. Cup marks are among the simplest and most widespread types of rock art found across northern Britain, typically created by repeated percussion to produce small, circular depressions in the stone surface. The precise dating and ritual or domestic function of such isolated cup marks remain subjects of scholarly interpretation, though their presence indicates Bronze Age activity and territorial awareness in this upland Yorkshire location.
Rock with single cup near wall at Stead Crag is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010738. View the official record →
Rock with single cup near wall at Stead Crag is a Bronze Age rock art site located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010738.
Rock with single cup near wall at Stead Crag 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 1010738.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed settlement known as `Soldier's Trench' including a cup-marked rock (6.6 km), Cup-marked rock close to road south east of a small car park south east of Bracken Hall Farm. (6.7 km), Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rock with single cup near wall at Stead Crag's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Rock with single cup near wall at Stead Crag stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.