What are cup & ring marks?

The curious hollows and grooves we call ‘cup and ring marks’ or ‘rock art’ were pecked onto outcrops and boulders across Northern Britain and Ireland by Neolithic and Bronze Age people between 6000 and 3500 years ago.

cup and ring marked rock

The original meaning of the symbols is now lost but they provide a unique personal link with our prehistoric ancestors.

Let's find some rock art.