Rock Art Database

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Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Classifications And Periods

County

PERTHSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

B2. Current land use & vegetation

• Improved Pasture

B3. Forestry

• No selection

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

• Other rock art
• Settlement

B5. Location Notes

The panel is situated in a flat field of improved grazing bounded by the River Lochay about 60m to the W, with the Glen Lochay road 37m to the N. It lies towards the W end of a prominent rocky outcrop of quartzite schist, about 2m NW of Duncroisk Lower 7 and adjacent to Duncroisk Lower 9, forming part of the scarp edge. The rocky outcrop gradually rises to a central knoll set back from the distinct rock scarp which rises from ground level to a prow at its W end. The N stretch of the knoll slopes down to the pasture ground that extends northwards to the Glen Lochay road. The outcrop features many cup and ring markings forming nine discrete areas (originally grouped together under Canmore ID 24168, ScRAP ID 192). Most of the visible rock art is sited on the exposed shelves of the scarp. The ACFA survey resulted in dividing the site into nine panels (Duncroisk Lower 1-9), running from E-W. .

Previous Notes

"NN53NW 15 5322 3582. In a field E of Duncroisk and just S of the road is a prominent ridge of quartzite schist bearing eight groups of cup marks (many ringed) on its upper surface. The cups are up to 4 cms deep and the rings up to 25 cms in diameter. 'A': About 4.0m from the E end of the ridge are some ill-defined cup marks on very rough stratified rock. 'B': 9.0m further W on a near horizontal shelf are one cup with two rings, 14 cups with one ring and at least 58 single cups. 'C': 1.0m further W are a clearly defined cup with two rings and a single cup. 'D': 1.0, further W are one cup with two rings, three cups with one ring and two single cups. 'E': 0.25m further W are two cups with one ring and 35 single cups. 'F': 7.0m further W is an area of three cups with one ring and 60 single cups. 'G': 3.0m further W are 10 cups with one ring and 15 single cups. 'H': 1.0m further SW is a small slab bearing three cups. D Haggart 1895; C G Cash 1912; E A Cormack 1952; R W B Morris TS 1975 "

NN53NW 15 5322 3582. In a field E of Duncroisk and just S of the road is a prominent ridge of quartzite schist bearing eight groups of cup marks (many ringed) on its upper surface. The cups are up to 4 cms deep and the rings up to 25 cms in diameter. 'A': About 4.0m from the E end of the ridge are some ill-defined cup marks on very rough stratified rock. 'B': 9.0m further W on a near horizontal shelf are one cup with two rings, 14 cups with one ring and at least 58 single cups. 'C': 1.0m further W are a clearly defined cup with two rings and a single cup. 'D': 1.0, further W are one cup with two rings, three cups with one ring and two single cups. 'E': 0.25m further W are two cups with one ring and 35 single cups. 'F': 7.0m further W is an area of three cups with one ring and 60 single cups. 'G': 3.0m further W are 10 cups with one ring and 15 single cups. 'H': 1.0m further SW is a small slab bearing three cups. D Haggart 1895; C G Cash 1912; E A Cormack 1952; R W B Morris TS 1975 NN 5322 3584 to NN 5319 3583. An area of cup and ring marked rock as described. Visited by OS (GHP) 5 July 1962 and (BS) 10 September 1975 NN 532 358 A long ridge of rock outcrop bearing eight groups of cup and cup-and-ring marks. RCAHMS 1979; visited September 1978 D Haggart 1895; C G Cash 1912

An article 'Notice of the discovery of cup- and ring-sculpturings at Duncrosk, near the Falls of Lochay, in Glenlochay' by D Haggart, Killin in Proceeding of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1895 records the discovery of the site by Mr John McNaughton, Duncrosk and describes the cup and ring marks. A water-colour drawing and pencil sketches were made by an artist, Mrs Woodcock from Southport.

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

This is a large, semi-rectangular area of exposed schist outcrop measuring 4.5 x 2m. The N length of this panel had been recently significantly de-turfed in the episode recorded at other sites on the outcrop. It has relatively smooth, glacially eroded surface with no substantial fissures, and its S length fractures down to ground level in a series of ledges. At its W end it drops to a lower panel (Duncroisk Lower 9). There are 26 motifs visible; at the E end is a scattered group of 4 cupmarks, in the central area there are 8 cupmarks and a cup with single ring, and at the W end is a cluster of 6 cupmarks, and 4 cups arranged in a diamond shape, as well as 5 cups with single rings, one of which has been clearly carved in relief with a central boss. A further 5 cupmarks are visible on a lower ledge of the schist slab, evidence of use of an original ledge. At the SE corner of the slab there are two natural basins one with a prominent boss of quartz.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Visible Tool Marks? Yes

Visible Peck Marks? Yes

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

• No selection

Animal

• There are sheep near the rock.
• There are cattle near the rock.

Human

• This panel has been estimated to be seriously at risk of being damaged or destroyed.

Comments and other potential threats

Cattle damage. As noted on other panels there appears to have been an episode of recent de-turfing along the N edges of many panels.