ASKWITH & DENTON MOOR
These areas along with Middleton moor and Snowden Carr form a large expanse of open moorland, divided only by the Otley to Blubberhouses road. This road appears to have been built through the cairnfield noted on Snowden Carr, as low cairns and rock carvings continue across onto Askwith moor. The carvings here consist mainly of simple cup marks, but this unique(?) carving has been noted which may represent a stylised human figure. Very similar designs are found in Spain and Hawaii, where suggested interpretations include a hunter displaying a bow or a deity holding the ends of a rainbow.

As a result of his field work at many sites during the 1960's, Stuart Feather (see references page) noted that groups of rocks carved with complex motifs would often have nearby, another group of rocks carved only with simple cupmarks. This appears to be the case between the two areas of complex carvings at Snowden Carr and Middleton moor. The stone shown here is typical of the simpler carvings in this area.

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