
The cup-marked E side of the main crags.
The cup-marked E side of the main crags.
View N from the top of Caller Crag as the weak November sun sinks behind the hills.
Artifical cups on the vertical face or natural?
The recorded rock art is not so convincing though.
There are some mighty strange rocks up here!
Caller Crag c. Cup-marked “standing stone” described in the Beckensall archive as having a minimum of 5 cups. If this surface is a consequence of both natural erosion and artificial carving, the effect is certainly stunning, as is its location above the crags.
More cups occur on the flat rock surface directly behind the stone (Caller Crag d) but were difficult to see. The site is about 150m NE of site a (well illustrated in the photos by rockartuk).
The dramatic, elephantine skyline of Caller Crags from the W. The cup-marked outcrop (site a; illustrated by rockartuk) is above the main cliff line to the right.
According to the OED, ‘Caller’ is a Scottish / Northern dialect word meaning fresh and cool and airy.
Caller Crag on BRAC Updated