Yorkshire Rock Art
Previously
Unrecorded rock carvings discovered
on the North Yorkshire Moors
(Text
and images by Paul Brown)
A
panel of Prehistoric rock carvings has recently been discovered close
to the Hambleton Hills on the western edge of the North Yorkshire Moors
National Park.
The panel, uncovered from among deep bracken, is sited on open moorland. The motifs consist of at least ten
cup marks, some large, up to 7 cm x 4
cm deep, three of which are surrounded by single rings, the central cup is
surrounded by a double ring. Many of the rings are linked by grooves forming an enclosure pattern.
One kilometre further west on the moor there is a large flat sandstone
block approx 3m x 2m. On its top surface are at least five large cup marks
as
well as erosion hollows. On its southern sloping edge there are at least eight
cup marks covered
in vegetation.
This area is subject to further survey work by the authors and a full
account of these sites and any further discoveries will be published in a
forthcoming paper.
Paul and Barbara Brown
Feb 2003
