Illustration of a cup-and-ring-marked boulder, East Loups', Cotherstone 1980-1997

This boulder contains two cup and ring markings, one badly eroded. The dimensions of the boulder are two metres by 1.54 metres by 0.31 metres. These carvings were probably carved in the Early Bronze Age or Late Neolithic. The purpose of these carvings is not clear though they may have had a religious function. This is a Scheduled Ancient Monument protected by law (1).

A prehistoric carved rock, partly covered in turf, is situated on Cotherstone Moor, north of a wall at East Loups which divides the Ministry of Defence Danger Area from Cotherstone Moor. The visible part of the rock measures 2.1 metres by 1.2 metres by 0.23 metres high. The carving consists of two cups with faint rings. (2)