Howdale
Moor Carved Rocks - Area 8 (Page 2)
Bronze Age Carved Rocks
Howdale Moor, part of Fylingdales Moor, North Yorkshire General
OS Map Ref NZ956012
OS Maps - Landranger 94 (Whitby & Esk Dale), Explorer OL27 (North York Moors
- Eastern Area)
Stone numbers and coordinates taken from 'Prehistoric Rock Art in the North
York Moors' Chappell & Brown
Stone 8k at NZ95690118. A flat oval boulder that has a small cup and ring design along one edge (towards the top-right above) as well as several cups of varying sizes. What is interesting is that a groove emerges from one of the larger cups to run across the face of the stone and links at least two other cups. There may be other smaller cups incorporated into the groove itself, indeed the groove may have started life as separate cups that were later linked to form one carving. |
Stone 8j at NZ95620118. This rock illustrates the difficulties in determining what are man-made carvings and what are natural features or in some cases a combination of both. The top of the rock has a curving groove or natural erosion channel that seems to incorporate cups marks, to the left of this three small cups form a triangle. Just below these cups is a larger mark, either a large cup or a natural depression in the rock surface and towards the ground surface is a horizontal gouge of unknown origin. On the opposite side of the stone out of view are three or four almost vertical grooves. |
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Stone 8t at NZ95520124. This small rock stands almost in the stream and has an intriguing carving. Towards the left edge a cup is enclosed within a set of grooves while towards the right edge a cup has a partial ring. Between the two motifs a narrow groove wanders across the rock surface very much in the way a stream might meander across the landscape - is this deliberate symbolism or just a coincidence? |
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also the following nearby carved rocks:
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Moor area 9 Howdale
Moor area 10 Stony
Marl Moor area 11
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