Idol Stone Cluster (Jan 2012)

3D Model

This group of four prehistoric carved rocks is located in the Green Crag Slack area of Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire. The most prominent of the carvings is known as the ‘Idol Stone’, which features a series of cup marks arranged in linear patterns and enclosed by grooves. In 3D models, four of these cups appear as dumbbell motifs, although they have always been recorded as individual motifs.

The carvings are catalogued in Boughey and Vickerman’s 2003 gazetteer ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’ as IAG321, IAG322 (the Idol Stone), IAG323, and IAG324. It has been suggested that the carvings may have formed part of a robbed cairn, as several other cairns and sections of prehistoric walling have been identified in the immediate vicinity.

This 3D model was created using 59 photographs taken by Richard Stroud in January 2012, as part of a test of Structure from Motion (SfM) techniques for presentational purposes conducted during the CSI: Rombalds Moor Project.