Cup-marked boulder, Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor (Cotherstone Moor)
Illustration of a cup-marked boulder, Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone 1980-1997
A cup and ring marked boulder stands on the south bank of Yawd Sike. 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 Monument protected by law (4).
Prehistoric carved rock on the east bank of How Beck, Cotherstone Moor. It measures 1.1 metres by 0.7 metres by 0.4 metres and contains at least 22 cups. (6)
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