Large boulder with prehistoric carvings found below Addingham Crag, Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire.
This large rectangular boulder has vertical sides and measures 3.1 x 2.5 x 2.6m. First noted in the 19thC and known locally as ‘Addingham Crag Stone’, it was referenced IAG210 in Boughey & Vickerman’s 2003 publication ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’ and recorded as:
‘Large, high, rectangular, rough grit rock. Top surface has complex carvings with 49 cups, nine with rings, grooves and cup on a boss.’
CSI:Rombalds Moor added the record ‘Addingham Crag 01’ to ERA in 2013.
ERA Record: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era/section/panel/details.jsf?eraId=2595
Historic England scheduling: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1011816
This decimated model was created in November 2013, from 22 stereo pairs captured by Richard Stroud (CSI team) in July 2013. The imagery forms part of the HLF funded CSI: Rombalds Moor / Watershed Landscape Project archive deposited with ERA.
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