Black Hills (IAG 4d) 2006

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This is one of four carved boulders discovered within private woodland located in the Cottingley area of Bradford. It's the most easterly of the cluster, measuring approximately 2.5 x 2m and slopes downward to the south. The motifs are situated on the southerly sloping face and consist of a cup surrounded by a large oval and two possible inner curving grooves. A natural fault has also been accentuated creating a groove leading from the cup out to the east. First documented in 1976 it was one of five carvings mentioned in Historic England's scheduling (only four may exist): https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1018817. Not recorded in Boughey & Vickerman's 2003 publication 'Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding', but was later added to Keith Boughey's ongoing regional archive as ref IAG 4d. It is situated outside the area covered by the CSI: Rombalds Moor Project and therefore does not have an ERA record. Model (just showing carving) created from two stereo pairs taken with a calibrated 5mp Nikon Coolpix 5400 in August 2006.