Prehistoric carved rock on Stead Crag, towards the NE end of Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire,
Recorded IAG 388 by Boughey & Vickerman in their 2003 publication ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’, it’s described as:
‘Large high rock with one corner removed. Seven cups remain, two linked and one with grooves round it and from it, going over cut edge of rock’
The CSI: Rombalds Moor project recorded the stone as ‘Stead Crag 03’ on ERA adding:
‘An upright rock, 3.05m x 2.5m x 1.08m high. There are four single cups, two cups linked with a N-S groove to form a dumbbell and one single penanular (one cup with a groove running from it to the N, surrounded by a partial ring)’
Historic England scheduling: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1010737?section=official-list-entry
This decimated model was created from 4 stereo pairs captured by Dave Spencer (CSI Team) in March 2013. The imagery forms part of the HLF funded CSI: Rombalds Moor / Watershed Landscape Project archive.
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