Backstone
Beck Stones 2
Bronze Age Cup and Ring Marked Rocks (PRAWR 282,
283)
Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire OS
Map Ref SE12744625 (PRAWR 283)
OS Maps - Landranger 104 (Leeds & Bradford), Explorer 297 (Lower Wharfedale
& Washburn Valley)
![]() Carved stone close to the track (PRAWR 283) |
![]() Second carved stone (PRAWR 282) |
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These two stones
are situated on the northwest side of Backstone Beck on the opposite
side of the stream to Backstone
Enclosure. The first stone (PRAWR 283) stands at SE12744625 in the
middle of a track that leads south from the Cow and Calf rocks passing
the disheveled Backstone
Circle before heading towards the Twelve
Apostles stone circle. It is an almost square flat rock measuring
120x110cm and has around 45 cups,
a ring and several deep grooves. One of these grooves runs along the
line of a natural fault in the stone. PRAWR = Prehistoric
Rock Art of the West Riding (Boughey and Vickerman 2003) |
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