<< Our Photo Pages >> Winter Hill Stone - Rock Art in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Rock ArtSite Name: Winter Hill Stone Alternative Name: IAG648Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Rock Art
Nearest Village: Cowling
Map Ref: SD9828841976
Latitude: 53.873984N Longitude: 2.027523W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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So called maybe because the sunrise at the winter solstice rises from the nearby Hitching Stone?
Update January 2018: The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this cup marked stone - see their entry for Winter Hill Stone, Cowling, North Yorkshire, which gives directions for finding this stone, together with photographs (including close ups of the cup marks), and a description. TNA adds: "on its lower south-facing edge there are around 20 well-defined cups that clearly stand out. No other cup-marked stones appear to be nearby (surely there’s a few more kicking about…?)"
Update January 2019: This rock art panel is now recorded in Boughey & Vickerman's "Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding Supplement (2018)", pages 233 to 234. It is described as "a large, conspicuous, isolate rock about 2m high and more than 3m west to east, sitting on the crest of Winter Hill above Cowling in rough pasture …. the top of the rock is very weathered with the typical deep natural grooves caused by rainwater run-off …. on the south east margin of the rock is a protruding basal ledge and this carries a total of 23 cups, 15 definite, 5 reasonably certain, and a further possible 3. The cups are more certain, larger, deeper and clearer towards the eastern end of the ledge". The Supplement includes a photograph of the rock in its landscape context and a close up of the cup marks on the basal ledge.
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for the Winter Hill Stone, Keighley Moor, West Yorkshire, which includes photographs, directions for finding this rock art panel and a list of reference sources for more information.
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