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Cup-marked outcrop, East Loups', Cotherstone Moor (Cotherstone Moor)

Illustration of a cup-marked outcrop, with an intersecting wall, East Loups', Cotherstone 1980-1997
Illustration of a cup-marked outcrop, with an intersecting wall, East Loups', Cotherstone 1980-1997
This is rock outcrop has at least eight cupmarks carved onto it. Although some of these marks may be modern, most were probably carved in the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. This is a Scheduled Monument protected by law (1).

An area of rock outcrop with a prehistoric carving on Cotherstone Moor. This portion of rock outcrop is partly obscured by a wall which is built over it. It is situated 120 metres east of East Loups's, immediately south of the gate into the enclosed land at East Loups's. The exposed area of the outcrop measures about 5 metres by 3 metres by 1.7 metres high. The carving is partly hidden by the wall, and consists of many cups on the top surface. (7)

D18
Early Neolithic (4000BC to 3300BC)
Late Bronze Age (1200BC to 700BC)
Scheduled Monument
  • National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1018325


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