 PRAWR 584 - four cups on the top surface |
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Snowden Carr stands to the east of
Askwith Moor and like that
moor it has its own collection of carved
rocks, the most well know of these are the Tree
of Life Rock and the Death's
Head Rock but there are around fifty carvings in total - twice as many
as the larger Askwith Moor. Snowden Carr is also the home of several cairns and a proposed Iron Age settlement site although I'm not sure that the date of this site has ever been confirmed. What is not in doubt are the fine views towards the south and southeast as the hillside slopes down towards the valley of the River Washburn as it flow southwards to join the Wharf near Otley. These views and close proximity to the river could well have played an important role in the siting of this concentration of carvings - the aspect of these stones seems similar to those that overlook the Wharf itself at Green Crag Slack and Addingham Moorside, just a few miles to the southwest above Ilkley on Rombalds Moor. PRAWR = Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding (Boughey and Vickerman 2003) Probable Date: Bronze Age |
 Large basin - man made or natural ? |
 Cup on a stone close to the Tree of Life Rock |
