Middleton Moor (IAG 458)

3D Model

Another of prehistoric carvings that sits north of Dryas Dyke on Middleton Moor, North Yorkshire.

Boughey & Vickerman reference this example IAG458 in their 2003 publication, ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’, and describe:

‘Fairly smooth, irregular, domed rock mostly below ground level, carved on three surfaces. SW slope has up to fourteen small cups, N steep slope has six cups in pairs linked by grooves; on top are three large cups and about nineteen others of varying sizes’

The Historic England Scheduling linked below, mentions a cairn located 5 metres NW. A stretch of probable prehistoric walling is 25 metres to the west.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1014151?section=official-list-entry

This is one of those carvings where virtual lighting gives you a different perspective and hints at the stones topography being utilised to create different shapes in shadow around motifs.

Model created from 18 images captured by Richard Stroud in June 2009.