Possible prehistoric carved rock found in the Todmor Stones area of Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire.
This marking was first noted by Richard Stroud in 2009. It’s positioned 10 metres W of the main track in the area, and 4m SE of Todmor Stones 03. CSI: Rombalds Moor project record the stone as ‘Todmor Stones 04’ on ERA in 2013, describing:
‘…a coarse-grained flat sandstone boulder 1.25m x 1.10m x 0.15m high. Deep SW groove across 3/5ths of rock shows abandoned attempt to split rock with evidence of use of metal point. Rock appears to have S end removed. Shallow cup-like depression approx 60mm diameter, but slightly irregular could be carved, but could be natural..’
This model shows that other ‘cup-like’ depressions are also visible on the stone. However, the artificiality of the markings is far from certain.
This decimated model was created from 9 stereo pairs captured by Dave Spencer in October 2011. The imagery forms part of the HLF funded CSI: Rombalds Moor / Watershed Landscape Project archive.
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