Cup and ring marked rocks occur across the Yorkshire region but the distribution appears to fade out on its western border, however work by J.A. Heginbottom (Prehistoric rock art of Upper Calderdale and the surrounding area (1977) - details in the YAS library) uncovered a small number of rock carvings in Calderdale, the Pennine border region between Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Paul Bennett of Hebden Bridge has followed up this work and although the carvings consist mainly of cup marks, more complex examples may await discovery.

The two examples shown below are (1) the Winter Hill stone (SD983 419) near the Hitchin stone and (2)from the Widdop moor SD925 335 (Midgley moor SE009 303).


(1) (2)

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