Tag: rock art
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You never know what the day will bring
It’s almost 50 years since I moved up to North Yorkshire from the Midlands and started my exploration of the North York Moors. I love going ‘off-piste’ and I thought I had explored every path, every sheep track, and every swidden on the Cleveland Hills. But today, on a very familiar patch of heather moor,…
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Allan Tofts
Exploring prehistoric rock art on Allan Tofts above Beckhole in the Murk Esk valley. I must admit I was in the presence of an expert. Several cup-marked stones were found mostly covered with lichen which softened the carvings. Generally, it’s a very tactile experience. Even the tiny pecks left by the carver can be felt.…
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Pointer Stone
Pamperdale Moor seems to be randomly scattered with sandstone boulders of various shapes and sizes. In the middle of an area denoted as a Bronze Age field system on the OS map is a triangular stone propped up on another boulder. Apparently, it has a tapered cup mark on it, rock art. It has been…
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Roseberry in the distance
A nice view of Roseberry Topping across the vale of Cleveland. But it is theĀ jumbled collection of rocks below the Wain Stones that has longĀ intrigued me. Dumped there by the last glacier that passed by on its way southwards itĀ must have provided ideal temporary shelter with good views for mesolithic man as he began the…