Cup-marked rock, Stobgreen Plantation, Eggleston (Eggleston)
Two photos of Site 7, Stobgreen Plantation, Eggleston
Two photos of Site 7, Stobgreen Plantation, Eggleston
This is a large gritstone boulder, decorated with least nine shallow cup marks with other faint traces. Cup-marks are thought to be with Neolithic or Bronze Age in date. The purpose of these markings is not clear, although they may have had a religious function (1) (2).
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