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Baildon Moor, the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society 

 sent a memorial to the city authorities urging- them to preserve 

 the various stone circles, burial mounds, entrenchments, and cup 

 and ring- marking's situated on the moor. A plan was prepared 

 upon which the various relics of the early inhabitants of the 

 area were shown, and eventually the corporation visited the 

 moor, accompanied by the leading local antiquarians. It was 

 suggested that the larger examples (stone circles, entrench- 

 ments, etc.) should be protected by railings, whilst the cup and 

 ring markings, often occurring on small boulders, should be 



Cup and Ring marked boulder on Green Crag, Rombalds Moor. 



transferred to the Cartwright Memorial Hall. This is an excel- 

 lent idea, and in the case of the examples too large for removal 

 we would suggest that plaster casts be taken, after the manner 

 of those from Ilkley, etc., preserved in the Leeds Museum. 



In a capital account of the pre-historic antiquities of the 

 Bradford district in the Bradford Antiquary, Part 7, 1902, 

 Mr. Butler Wood describes the various pre-Roman relics found 

 on Baildon Moor, as well as on Rombalds Moor and Harden 

 Moor. In addition to the objects already referred to, flint 

 weapons and implements, bronze weapons and ornaments, and 

 pit dwellings are enumerated. Two valuable plans and several 



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