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Oxbw says: Just as the title implies, this is not a gazetteer of prehistoric rock art in the North York Moors, but an interpretation of both previously known and newly revealed marked stones and their relevance to the prehistoric landscape. A fire on the moors in 2003 revealed a number of new examples of marked stones and small cairns, providing the authors with new source material through which they could study the prehistoric past. The sections of this book, which were originally conceived as individual papers or lectures, examine early interpretations of the 'simple' cup-marked stones and their place in the wider landscape. The authors go on to discuss their research on the location and distribution of the simple and more complex stones, especially within a ritualised landscape with, it is argued, astronomical and calendrical associations. The idea of a highly ritualised prehistoric landscape, the marking of pathways through the moors, cultural and trade links, and the marking of certain events and the passage of time, provide important insights into prehistoric life on the North York Moors.