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Rock ArtSite Name: Moorsholm Moor Cup Marked RockCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Rock Art
Map Ref: NZ6861911919
Latitude: 54.497964N Longitude: 0.942011W
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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Reference Brown & Chappel’s book “Prehistoric Rock Art in the NY Moors” 2012 edition page 277. This rock is described as an earth fast boulder (60 x 35cm) with five cup marks on the upper surface. They also comment that it is located near several cairns and to the north of an oval enclosure though to be an enclosed cremation cemetery.
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