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Rock with two cup marks 500m ESE of New Dam, Burhill, Skyreholme

Scheduled monument

What is recorded here

The National Heritage List for England records Rock with two cup marks 500m ESE of New Dam, Burhill, Skyreholme 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 related to water or fertility. Such features are often associated with wider ceremonial landscapes in upland areas.

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