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Two carved rocks in field 130m north east of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill, is an ancient monument comprising two stones bearing rock carvings located on the moorland of the South Pennines in Yorkshire. The carvings are characteristic of Bronze Age rock art, a form of ritual or symbolic expression practiced across upland Britain during the second millennium BC. The precise subject matter and dating of these particular carvings remain subjects of archaeological study, though they represent an important survival of prehistoric artistic activity in the region. Such carved rocks are typically thought to have held ceremonial or territorial significance for the Bronze Age communities who created them.
Two carved rocks in field 130m north east of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014984. View the official record →
Two carved rocks in field 130m north east of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill, is an ancient monument comprising two stones bearing rock carvings located on the moorland of the South Pennines in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014984.
Two carved rocks in field 130m north east of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close 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 1014984.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and ring marked rock in wall at High Snaygill 80m east of High Laithe (0.6 km), Carved rock on bank at side of track opposite Garth House, 60m south west of Snaygill Farm (0.8 km), Cup and ring marked rock 150m west of Low Edge Farm, Bradley Moor (2.6 km).
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Two carved rocks in field 130m north east of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.