The Idol Stone

Nearest town:
Ilkley (3km WNW)
OS reference:
SE133460
OS sheet:
104
Latitude:
53° 54' 34.87 N
Longitude:
1° 47' 51.07 W

Images

Image of The Idol Stone (Cup Marked Stone) by jones-y-gog

Looking North. It’s a wet spot this and the stone often has it’s own moat.

Image credit: JBJ
jones-y-gog
jones-y-gog Nov 8, 2012
Image of The Idol Stone (Cup Marked Stone) by Rhiannon

At least I can recognise this one.

From ‘The Cup-and-Ring Sculptures of Ilkley’ by J Romilly Allen, in the Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist, 1896.

Rhiannon
Rhiannon Apr 29, 2011
Image of The Idol Stone (Cup Marked Stone) by Chris Collyer

One theory suggests that cups and ring marks may represent maps of various areas – I don’t know then how the Idol Stone would fit into the plan!

Chris Collyer
Chris Collyer Mar 28, 2003
Image of The Idol Stone (Cup Marked Stone) by haus

The Idol stone. Several cups framed. A beautiful, mysterious little stone.

H
haus Apr 20, 2002

Articles

The Idol Stone

R
RombaldII Jul 24, 2005

The Idol Stone PRAWR 322 SE 13265 45943 is part of a small group of cup and ring stones within 5 metres of each other, which includes PRAWR 321 SE 13265 45942, PRAWR 323 SE 13265 45944, and PRAWR 234 SE 13265 45945. I have included photos of these here, with explanatory notes.

The Idol Stone

Kozmik_Ken
Kozmik_Ken Nov 6, 2003

The Idol Stone lies on the path from the Haystack to Green Crag, just a few feet north of the prominent Idol Rock.

It has been suggested that this maybe a cyst cover, prompted by it’s flat, slab-like appearance and that the rocks that surround it are the remains of a cairn. I’m not quite so sure myself as there is no noticeable spoil around the stone and I think of it as having more in common with the carved rocks at the Backstone Beck Enclosure as they display a remarkably similar style.

The Idol Stone

fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Aug 11, 2003

This is a beautiful stone with three distinct sets of cups. The cups are lovely and deep and are totally enclosed within an outer groove.

The Idol Stone

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haus Apr 20, 2002

April 20th.......This being my’ local’ I was up on Rombalds early this morning,hoping to catch the light. No such luck.
But quality images didn’t seem to matter after a while.
I’ve been walking this moor for 10 years now, and the place is still as magical. The little Idol stone sits down in the heather only a metre from the pathway close to the spring which feeds the bog on Green Crag Slack.

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blossom
blossom
Aug 2011

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