Willy
Hall's Wood
Cup and Ring Marked Rock (PRAWR 258)
Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire OS Map Ref SE116466
OS Maps - Landranger 104 (Leeds & Bradford), Explorer 297 (Lower Wharfedale
& Washburn Valley)
![]() Close up view of the eroded carvings on top surface of the stone. |
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![]() Willy Hall's Wood Stone ![]() Willy Hall's Wood Stone seen looking west |
This site is fairly straightforward
to get to, although not necessarily easy. There is plenty of parking
space at White Wells carpark - walk to the old pump house and then head
due south uphill keeping the white building of the old bathhouse to
your left and head towards the waterfall. Once you get there, there
is a very steep climb up beside the small falls (there may well be easier
routes round the side) that leads to the outcrop of land the forms the
north end of Willy Hall's Wood which is a wonderful place with an air
of 'sacred grove' about it. Continue south through the trees and just
before they end you will find a large tilted stone with carvings across
its southern face. Update 2009: PRAWR = Prehistoric Rock
Art of the West Riding (Boughey and Vickerman 2003 |
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