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Rock ArtSite Name: Burnett's Ridge (Appletreewick)Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Pateley Bridge Nearest Village: Skyreholme
Map Ref: SE0810361500
Latitude: 54.049401N Longitude: 1.877732W
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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Rock Art in Yorkshire (North)
Listed as Pastscape Monument No. 48485, this stone is "a millstone grit boulder indicated on the ground by Mr. S. Feather at SE08096151 has numerous cup markings and possible channels on its surface."
Further information can be found on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) page for Burnett's Ridge (421), Appletreewick, North Yorkshire. TNA provide detailed directions to find this stone, together with a photograph, a brief 'archaeology and history' and Boughey & Vickermans plan of the cup-marks on the rock.
Historic England record a 'rock with at least 24 cup marks, many interconnected by groove marks, 345m north west of High Lathe, Burnetts Ridge, Skyreholme List Entry 1014967 with a very similar description but at grid reference SE 08107 61505, some 18 metres different from TNA's and Pastscape's. As there are a number of other cup marked rocks in this area but "much of the landscape has been damaged by industrial workings."
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