Rock Art Database

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Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Classifications And Periods

County

FIFE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

B2. Current land use & vegetation

• Wood/Forest

B3. Forestry

• Mature

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

• Other rock art

Other: Dunearn Fort Canmore 52860 approx 1200m WNW; Glassmount Standing Stone 52785 approx 2600m to NE

B5. Location Notes

The Binn 2 is located within cluster of large boulders and outcropping sandstone on a steep W facing slope within mature deciduous woodland mainly beech about 250m N of the main A909 road at Burntisland and about 80m SE of The Binn Pond. It is part of a tight grouping of panels on the outcrop (The Binn 1, 2 and 3) with The Binn 2 situated just above The Binn 1 (ScRAP 829, Canmore 269301). All three panels were previously grouped under Canmore 269301. To the E the land slopes steeply down to towards the panels while to the W the ground continues to slope down steeply. The trees only partially obscure good views over the Firth of Firth to the S and across the adjacent valley to the W and N. To the W can be seen the ruin of Silverbarton Farm. To the N of the panels and on the far side of a barbed fence, a public footpath is located which leads from the A909 to The Binn Hill. A further outcrop with a cluster of possible cupmarks (The Binn 4, ScRAP 2670, Canmore 269307) lies across the fence and footpath from this grouping, approximately 150 m to the N on the far edge of a large gorse patch. Dunearn Fort (Canmore 52860) lies approx 1200m to WNW and Glassmount Standing Stone (Canmore 52785) lies approx 2600m to NE

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

C3. Rock Surface

C4. Surface Features

• Fissures/cracks
• Natural Hollows
• Weathering Channels

C5. Panel Notes

The Binn 2 is a small, flat sandstone slab measuring 0.8x0.6m and 0.6m maximum thickness. It has possibly fallen from outcropping rock higher up, and now lies immediately above and to the N of The Binn 1. There are fissures, hollows and weathering channels on the upper surface, and the carvings comprise 2 small cupmarks, and 1 cup with a partial ring.

C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is Definite

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

• Right to Roam access.
• Panel is on Private land.

D2. Awareness

• Panel was known before the project.
• This panel is known to others in the local community.

There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural

• There are trees nearby whose roots might disturb the rock.

Animal

Human

• The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.

Comments and other potential threats

There is a tree swing close by and the Binn 1 panel is used as the base to jump off when on the swing. There is a lot of evidence of footfall around all the panels and of scrambling up to the panel. It looks as though this panel has fallen after the carving was done possibly by children and/or adults in the historical past gathering here. Discarded plastic and glass bottles in the close area indicate that this is used as a meeting place for social activity.