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Rock ArtSite Name: Backstone Beck 01 Alternative Name: ERA-2542; Boughey & Vickerman (280a); IAG280a; BB01Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Ilkley
Map Ref: SE1267646282
Latitude: 53.912537N Longitude: 1.808515W
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 (West)
This rock art panel is recorded as having 1 cup with an almost complete ring around it and possible satellite cup, plus 2 other cups, one of which is very worn and may be natural. For more information see England's Rock Art entry for ERA-2542 Backstone Beck 01, which gives a description, and includes photographs, a plan of the stone and its motifs, plus photogrammetry.
This panel is also recorded in Boughey & Vickerman's "Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding Supplement (2018), pages 139 and 140. The Supplement includes a photograph of the rock and its motifs, plus a drawing of the panel. B&V adds: "(this panel is) on the gentle south slope of Cranshaw Thorn Hill, west of Backstone Beck, overlooking a broad, shallow grass-covered gully …. the rock is approximately 50-60cms in any one direction and carries a clear cup and an almost complete lipped ring with clear signs of pecking, with a possible shallow worn cup apparently in a 'sateliite' position."
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