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Rock ArtSite Name: Pancake Rock Alternative Name: ERA-2560; Hedges (167); Boughey & Vickerman (332); Pancake Stone; SAM 25360; PRN259; Group PRN7232
Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Ilkley
Map Ref: SE1340446228 Landranger Map Number: 104
Latitude: 53.912033N Longitude: 1.797435W
Condition:

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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
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-1	Completely destroyed

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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4 Access:

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
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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
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SolarMegalith visited on 30th May 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3

markj99 visited on 21st Jan 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Pancake Rock is located in an area rich with rock art. The multiple cup marks may not be spectacular but a visit is worthwhile.

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 3

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**Pancake Stone, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire** submitted by andy_h : The Pancake Stone is a weathered outcrop, perched ominously overlooking the Cow & Calf Hotel. The top is covered in Cup and Ring marks, but is now very worn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Pancake Stone is a weathered outcrop, perched ominously overlooking the Cow & Calf Hotel. The top is covered in Cup and Ring marks, but is now very worn.

This carved stone also features in The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their page for Pancake Stone, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire, which gives directions for finding the site, photographs (including close-ups of the cups and rings), photographs from 1879, sketches and local folklore.

The stone is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 49909 and Historic England List ID 1012006. Pastscape simply says this is a "Bronze Age cup marked rock within extant cairnfield .... situated a few hundred yards south of the Cow and Calf." Historic England record Pancake Rock as part of a larger scheduled site, saying: "The monument includes a complex of fragmentary rubble banks forming a series of three or more enclosures, a number of small cairns, and at least eight carved rocks. The rubble banks are typically c.1.5m wide and 0.3m high. Most are not conspicuously orthostatic, but do incorporate occasional large boulders, one of which is carved. The banks forming the largest sub-rectangular enclosure give the impression of being discontinuous by design rather than through robbing. The cairns are small, in the range of 3m-5m in diameter. Only one is conspicuously disturbed. The disturbed cairn has a large central hollow which is probably the result of excavation. The carved rocks have designs in the cup and ring tradition. They include Pancake Rock, a prominent rock with complex carvings consisting mainly of cup marks. Three of the rocks are situated in an area defined by a low scarp which may be a prehistoric quarry. A further carved rock is reported in the area but cannot now be found."

Boughey & Vickerman record this as B&V 332, their description reading: "Huge section of isolated bedrock balanced dramatically on crag edge, its flat upper surface level with the ground to S, very much worn by feet and carved with initials. Earlier records identified fifty-four cups, six complete and five partial rings, grooves."

For more information also see England's Rock Art entry for ERA-2560 Pancake Stone 01, which includes a detailed description, photographs and a plan of the rock and its motifs.

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**Pancake Rock** submitted by paulrankin : The Pancake Stone. I've been using this site to find new locations for my photography, to give something back as a thank you, this image shows the pancake rock during an early May sunrise (**2 comments** - Vote or comment on this photo)

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