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Rock with at least seven cup marks at edge of track on Stoop Hill, 890m SSE of triangulation point on Shooting House Hill, Askwith Moor

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Rock with at least seven cup marks at edge of track on Stoop Hill, 890m SSE of triangulation point on Shooting House Hill, Askwith Moor
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The National Heritage List for England records Rock with at least seven cup marks at edge of track on Stoop Hill, 890m SSE of triangulation point on Shooting House Hill, Askwith Moor 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 may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to water, fertility, or celestial observations. Such markings are commonly found across the British Isles and are often associated with ceremonial landscapes.

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