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Gritstone pillar with three cup marks in the north pavement of the A65 at Horsforth, 440m south east of the roundabout at Low Fold

Scheduled monument

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The National Heritage List for England records Gritstone pillar with three cup marks in the north pavement of the A65 at Horsforth, 440m south east of the roundabout at Low Fold as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the cup marks on the gritstone pillar may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to fertility, water, or celestial observations. Such features are often associated with ceremonial or territorial markers in prehistoric landscapes.

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