Photograph of a cup-marked boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997


Photograph of a cup-marked boulder with scale, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997

This sandstone boulder has a number of cup marks carved onto it. These carvings were probably carved in the Early Bronze Age or Neolithic periods, although some may have been naturally formed and already there. The purpose of these markings are not clear, although they may have had a religious function. This is a Scheduled Monument, protected by law (1).