Possible prehistoric carving on Pancake Ridge on Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire, England.
This stone was first noted by Robert Morgan during a fieldtrip by the 3D Archaeological Society. The CSI: Rombalds Moor project subsequently referenced the stone ‘Pancake Ridge 15’ on ERA describing:
‘An upright, triangular, very coarse-grained sandstone boulder with visible area measuring 0.85m x 0.64m x 0.67m high. A single, broad, deep cup measuring 10cm x 8cm x 2.5cm is close to the apex on the E facing slope. A groove which could either be natural or artificial is on the NW sloping face which currently runs into heather (April 2013). Soil made it difficult to tell either way. The bottom E of the stone has a clean sharp edge, which may indicate the stone has been quarried.’
Is there a second, smaller cup??
This decimated model was created from a stereo pair captured by Richard Stroud (CSI Team) in April 2013. The imagery forms part of the HLF funded CSI: Rombalds Moor / Watershed Landscape Project archive.
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