Gray Stone
The Gray Stone ( German "Graue Stein" ) from Harewood, in West Yorkshire in England is a boulder made of sandstone that was carved into the rock and provided with 11 bowls during the Bronze Age .
The gray stone is with Keith JS Boughey and Edwaerd A. Vickerman in: “Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding; Cup-and-Ring marked Rocks of the Valley of the Aire, Wharfe, Washburn and Nidd "as No. 399 recorded. He lies in a meadow on a hill above the Wharfedale.
On the vertical northwest side, faint traces of an incision made up of six oval concentric rings can be seen. Interestingly, there is no trace of a central indentation as is otherwise found on cup-and-ring markings . Bowls ( English cups ) are found elsewhere on the rock, four on the northeast side and a group of seven on the southwest. Due to the erosion of the sandstone, there are other depressions on the surface of the gray stone, but these cannot be clearly identified as artificial.
literature
- Keith JS Boughey, Edward A. Vickerman: Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding. Cup-and-Ring marked Rocks of the Valley of the Aire, Wharfe, Washburn and Nidd (= Yorkshire Archeology. 9). West Yorkshire Archaeological Service on behalf of West Yorkshire Joint Services, Leeds 2003, ISBN 1-870453-32-8 .
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Coordinates: 53 ° 52 '58.9 " N , 1 ° 31' 21.4" W.