The Barmishaw stone has some of Ilkley's speciality carvings, the so called 'ladders' which consist of a pair of parallel grooves linked by perpendicular 'rungs' - it is thought that this pattern is unique to this stone and the Panorama Stone. The patterns on the stone can be difficult to make out but there appear to be 6 of these ladder forms, as well as 24 cups, 9 of which have rings.
To find the stone, walk north from the Badger Stone, continue past the east-west track and continue roughly in the direction of the woods for 2 or 3 minutes. Although it is flat and only very low, the stone is a reasonable size and can be seen to the right in a clearing in the undergrowth. Given it's exposure to the weather and the feet of passing livestock and humans, the fact that the carvings survive at all is remarkable.

PRAWR = Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding (Boughey and Vickerman 2003)

Glossary Items: Bronze Age,
Rock Art/Carved Rocks