Photograph of a cup-and-ring-marked boulder, with scale, Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone 1980-1997


Photograph of a cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone 1980-1997


Image of a cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone 1980-1997


Illustration of a cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone 1980-1997

This free-standing cup and ring marked rock stands on Goldsborough Rigg. These carvings were probably created 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 Monument protected by law (2).