
What is recorded here
Cup-marked stone on Great Wanney Crag is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Cup-marked stones are typically associated with the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods in Britain, often linked to ritual or ceremonial practices. While specific meaning or folklore for this stone is not recorded, such markings may have been used in water-related rituals, astronomical observations, or as territorial markers.
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Places near here
Univallate hillfort on Great Wanney CragScheduled monument · 96 yd
Long CragsCliff · 1290 yd
Little CragsCliff · 1492 yd
Birney HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Victorian postbox on Westmacott Street (A68), RidsdaleOld post box · 1.5 mi
Roman milestone N of Waterfalls FarmScheduled monument · 1.6 mi
Furnace House at Ridsdale Iron WorksListed building · 1.6 mi
Waterfall HillWaterfall · 1.6 mi
Lake WoodWood · 2.0 mi
Old Firs WoodWood · 2.6 mi
Corsenside Parish War MemorialMemorial · 2.7 mi
Black DownMountain / peak · 2.8 miOther information
Photo: Pete Saunders · CC BY-SA 2.0