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Three carved rocks on Long Ridge is an ancient monument located on Middleton Moor in Yorkshire, consisting of three separate rock outcrops bearing carved markings. The carvings are characteristic of Bronze Age rock art, a form of expression practiced across upland Britain during the second millennium BCE. The rocks exhibit cup and ring marks, a distinctive motif comprising cupule depressions surrounded by concentric circular grooves, which remain among the most enigmatic expressions of Bronze Age ritual or territorial practice. The monument's location on exposed moorland, typical of where such carvings are found in the Pennines, reflects the importance of these high ground areas to Bronze Age communities in northern England.
Three carved rocks on Long Ridge 420m south east of Wards End, Middleton Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014159. View the official record →
Three carved rocks on Long Ridge is an ancient monument located on Middleton Moor in Yorkshire, consisting of three separate rock outcrops bearing carved markings. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014159.
Three carved rocks on Long Ridge 420m south east of Wards End, Middleton Moor 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 1014159.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small cup-marked rock on Stanbury Hill, 40m west of fork in path (8.4 km), Carved rock east of track north of Drake Hill (8.8 km), Cup and groove-marked rock north of Drake Hill (8.9 km).
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Three carved rocks on Long Ridge 420m south east of Wards End, Middleton Moor stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.