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Submitted by stu on Saturday, 28 February 2004  Page Views: 13480

Rock ArtSite Name: Skyreholme Rock Art
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Harrogate  Nearest Village: Skyreholme
Map Ref: SE078618  Landranger Map Number: 99
Latitude: 54.052102N  Longitude: 1.882353W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Skyreholme Rock Art I
Skyreholme Rock Art I submitted by stu : SE07789 61824. Possibly the best carved rock on Skyreholme Moor. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyreholme, North Yorkshire – SE07790 61840 A medium sized rock situated in Burhill Kiln Allotment. Its described as having ‘60+ cups, 8 with rings & many grooves’. Many of the cups on the E side appeared to be enclosed by a groove running along the stones edge. This is referenced ‘415’ in Boughey & Vickermans ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Skyreholme Rock Art II
Skyreholme Rock Art II submitted by stu : SE07196 61750. In the same field as Rock Art I, the otherside of the tumbled wall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by BlueZMonkey : A glacial erratic grit-stone boulder with rock art. It's at SE 07724 62318 on the Black Hill Road (a grassy track), on Burhill / High Green above Skryeholme. It is marked on the 1:25000 sheet. Pastscape monument ID 48497. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by BlueZMonkey : A glacial erratic grit-stone boulder with possible rock art. It's at SE077624 On the Black Hill Road (a grassy track), on Burhill / High Green above Skryeholme. It is marked on the 1:25000 sheet. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by brigantia : One of several close-ups of the 'axe' carvings found on the underside of the boulder - photos taken by Richard Stroud.

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyreholme, Burhill Ridge SE0840362226 A close up the dagger shape carvings discovered by Paul Bennett on the south underside of the Burhill Ridge rock (29/1/05). The central dagger shape can be quite clearly seen on this image. The 3 of us there, Paul Bennett, Graeme Chappell & myself all agreed that these looked to be carved rather than natural. If genuine, then these will be the 1st dagger s...

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyreholme, Burhill Ridge SE0840362226 This large rock sits on Burhill Ridge, a couple of hundred meters north of cup markings in Burhill Kiln Allotment. The top of the stone has some cup like marks & grooves on it, but whether they’re natural or not, couldn’t be decided by Paul Bennett, Graeme Chappell, or myself. Far more interestingly is what lies on the underside of the south edge, P...

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyreholme, North Yorkshire – SE0782 61810 A small rock residing in Burhill Kiln Allotment near to ref 415. This rock has several grooves (could be natural) & a number of cups. This is referenced ‘416’ in Boughey & Vickermans ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’.

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyreholme, North Yorkshire – SE07760 61740 A medium sized rounded rock situated in Burhill Kiln Allotment. This carving consists of 3 definite but badly worn cup marks & a couple of maybes. The 3 worn cups can be seen to the right of centre. This is referenced ‘414’ in Boughey & Vickermans ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’.

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyreholme, North Yorkshire – SE07720 62310 A fairly large rock built into the western walling on Black Hill Road, High Green. The carvings consist of numerous cup marks & grooves on different levels of the rock. This view shows the top of the stone. Reference ‘413’ in Boughey & Vickermans ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Rising’.

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyreholme, North Yorkshire – SE07700 61720 A small to medium sized rock situated on Pinder Hawes Hill in the same field as ref 411. Described as having ‘4 cups connected by a groove, 1 larger oval cup & 3 small cups’. The 3 small cups could be seen, but the other carvings were covered by vegetation. This is referenced ‘412’ in Boughey & Vickermans ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the We...

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyreholme, North Yorkshire –SE07670 61760 A large rock on Pinder Hawes Hill. This rock has 8 smalls cups on its E side, 5 large cups on its W side & 3 others scattered about. As you can tell from the picture it also commands a nice view. This is referenced ‘411’ in Boughey & Vickermans ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’.

skyreholme rock art
skyreholme rock art submitted by rich32 : Skyreholme, North Yorkshire – SE07519 62561 A medium sized rock just a few meters south of the track on High Green. 2-4 cups on its flat surface. This is referenced ‘409’ in Boughey & Vickermans ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyreholme, North Yorkshire – SE07500 62600 A long flat rock situated on High Green, close to the terrace edge. This rock has 14+ cup marks & rather a lovely view from it. This is carving reference ‘407’ in ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyreholme, North Yorkshire – SE07400 62540 A large flat rock situated north of the track on High Green. This rock has 2 definite cup marks & a few others which look more natural. This is referenced ‘406’ in ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyerholme, North Yorkshire – SE07400 62380 A medium sized rock situated on High Green. This rock has 4 cup marks, 2 of which are joined. Boughey & Vickerman state that these cups could all be natural, I would say they were a little bit ‘iffy’ too. This is referenced ‘405’ in ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’.

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by rich32 : Skyeholme, North Yorkshire – SE07390 62540 A large-ish flat rock situated on the terrace edge of High Green. This rock has about 13 cup markings. This is referenced ‘404’ in Boughey & Vickermans ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’.

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by andy_h : Cup and groove marked rock, Skyreholme, near Pately Bridge.

Skyreholme Rock Art
Skyreholme Rock Art submitted by andy_h : Cup marked rock, Skyreholme, near Pately Bridge.

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Re: Skyreholme Rock Art by Anne T on Thursday, 30 November 2017
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This is another of the more complex rock art site pages which has a large number of carvings on the one page. I've started splitting this up into different pages (as Baildon Moor, etc), and will come back to it once I've received the B&V descriptions/locations. Any problems, send me a PM. Thanks!
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