The Bronze Age Tree of Life Stone in North Yorkshire

Nestled in the heart of North Yorkshire, just beyond the village of Timble, stands a prehistoric archaeological site: the Tree of Life Rock. This Bronze Age cup-and-ring stone is located before a field boundary south of Timble, north of Otley, and east of the Snowden Carr.

The rock face features about 18 cups, 11 of which are connected by grooves to a central channel. These carvings represent a leaf or a tree, giving the site its name. While the outcrop is long, the petroglyphs are restricted to the eastern part, except for a few simple cups at the western end.

The Bronze Age engravings could represent a plan of the region's springs and streams flowing into a river. While similar tree-like petroglyphs exist in Solbergfeltet, Østfold, they are rare in that location as well.

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