Rock Art Database - Scotland's Rock Art Project

NEWLAW HILL 1

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Canmore ID

64439

SCRAP ID

1240

Location OS Grid Ref:

NX 73326 48868

Team

Not in team

Existing Classifications

Classification	Period
CUP AND RING MARKED ROCK	PREHISTORIC

Date Fieldwork Started	02/10/2019	Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel?	No

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name	NEWLAW HILL		Number	1
Other names	Newlaw Hill 1A and B (van Hoek)
HER/SMR	MDG4028	SM Number		Other

Classifications And Periods

Classification 1

Cup And Ring Marked Rock

Period 1

Neol/bronze Age

County

KIRKUDBRIGHTSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR	NX	73320	48870
New OS NGR	NX	73326	48868
Lat/Long	54.8186	-3.97296
Obtained By:	Google Earth

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located	At original location
Accession no.	Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather	Sunny
Position in landscape	Hillside
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.)	Sloping
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.)	N

B2. Current land use & vegetation

Moorland
Rough Grazing

Other:recently planted with trees about 30cms high

B3. Forestry

No selection

B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel

Other rock art
Field System
Stone Circle

B5. Location Notes

The panel is situated in rough grazing on the N facing slope of Newlaw Hill, directly opposite the entrance to Auchengool House. It is enclosed by a wooden and barbed wire fence, which can just be seen from the gate which allows access to the hillside. The panel can be found by walking straight up the hillside to the small enclosure. The hillside consists of rough, boggy moorland which has recently been planted with conifers. There are extensive views on three sides of the panel. The view to the S is blocked by the hillside, but to the E the English lakes can be seen on a clear day, and to the W, Merrick and Cairnsmore.

Previous Notes

NX74NW 40 7332 4887. (NX 735 490) (R W Feachem 1963) A group of cup-and-ring marks, as illustrated, are carved on the sloping face of a smooth rock outcrop, c. 200 yds S of the by-road opposite the entrance to Auchengool house, exactly on line between Auchengool farm and the OS triangulation point. They were first found on 6th Nov 1895 by Thomas Copland when ploughing. F R Coles 1895; R W B Morris and D C Bailey 1967; RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911 This cup-and-ring marked rock was located at NX 7332 4887. Surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (RD) 18 January 1971.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape

Outcrop

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)

Length (longer axis)	2.7	Width	1.5
Height (max)	0.3	Height (min)	0

Approximate slope of carved surface

degrees

Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)

Rock Surface

Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness

Hard

Grain Size

Fine

Visible Anomalies

Not Visible

Rock Type

Greywacke

C4. Surface Features

Fissures/cracks
Natural Hollows
Smooth Surface

C5. Panel Notes

This is an area of greywacke bedrock measuring 2.66x1.49m and rising a maximum of 0.3m above ground level. The surface is partly turf covered and slopes gently to the N, with the carved surfaces facing NW. The panel is roughly divided into three uneven parts with the carved sections split by turf-filled fissures. A noticeable feature of the panel are the multiple closely spaced small cups, of which there are at least 32. The western section of the panel features a cup surrounded by 5 rings and a radial, the edges of the outer 3 rings have either been quarried away or designed to be incomplete. On this section there is also: a large ovoid hollow that has been enhanced, with 2 rings, a radial from the cup, a second radial from the second ring, and a third incomplete ring that encloses a cup; a natural and enlarged hollow enlarged large cup with 2 rings; a smaller cup with 2 rings, 1 cup with 1 ring and radial, 1 cup with 1 ring, 1 cup with partial ring, and numerous cups and several grooves. In the narrower, central section of the panel are several small sections separated by turf. These feature 2 cups each with 2 rings, one of which has a radial extending from the outer ring, and multiple small cupmarks. Some details may be hidden beneath the turf. The eastern section of the panel has fewer cupmarks and is dominated by a large motif comprising a cup with radial and 5 irregularly spaced rings, the outer ones enclosing a cupmark, running off the edge of the panel. This motif partly superimposes, or is superimposed by, a cup with 3 rings, the outer ring cutting through another cup. There is also a cup with 2 rings.