Cranshaw Thorn Hill 08 (July 2013)

This small stone is set within the remains of denuded prehistoric walling on Cranshaw Thorn Hill, Ilkley Moor, Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire. It’s probably safe to assume from the level of motif preservation, that this stone has spent most of its carved life covered. The majority of cups, rings and grooves are irregular and crudely carved but, still have fresh looking pecking. However, a central broad groove and possible worn ring south of the pecked ring lack tooling, which might suggest different phases of carving. This is recorded in Boughey & Vickerman's 2003 publication ‘Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding’ as IAG276 and was added to ERA by the CSI:Rombalds Moor Project as ‘Cranshaw Thorn Hill 08’. It became a protected monument in 1995 as part of the MPP. ERA record: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era/section/panel/details.jsf?eraId=2593 Historic England scheduling: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1012834 Model created from 11 photos captured in July 2013.