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New Rock Art Discoveries, north of Ilkley

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Kozmik_Ken Apr 13, 2005 08:34:38

Replying to Paulus

Hi Paul,

I can't have been far off. I was also aiming to get up onto High Badgergate at the time, so was in a 'keep pressing uphill' frame of mind... I must've walked right past it!

Dunno' when I'll be up that way next... haven't been around Ilkley for a few months now. I'm still freelancing out in Doncaster during the week, so that throws a swerve on any hope of mid-week excursions... but we should get together sometime soon tho'.

Did you spot the carvings on Foldshaw Ridge? Also, there's a bunch if you take the path to the left from the Lattice Rock, turn left again by the old mile stoop, over the muddy stream n' there's a low cluster of rocks with cups + grooves.

Paulus Apr 13, 2005 09:49:14

Replying to Kozmik_Ken

< Did you spot the carvings on Foldshaw Ridge? >

Yeah...Richard Stroud & I have been frobbling about and have checked just about everyone of those which have been catalogued (I think Richard's only got 1 or 2 to go). Many of 'em remind me of the ones around Baildon Hill.

One thing which has been bugging me though, has been the distinct lack of a real decent settlement in the area. We've got rock art and a few cairns all over the place, but as yet no decent neolithic village to account for it all. I wondered whether the 'enclosure' we found last week was gonna be what I've been looking for, but don't think it accounts for the excess of remains. There's the large settlement found by Cowling at Crow Well more than a mile to the east, but one of those 'gut feelings' tells me there's summat missing... there's summat else up here.

...And yeah, we'll have to meet up sometime...