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| Canmore ID |
77510 |
SCRAP ID |
1090 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NX 51622 54719
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED ROCK |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
13/04/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
CAIRNHOLY |
Number |
8 |
| Other names |
Van Hoek Cairnholy 8 |
| HER/SMR |
MDG9136
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
KIRKUDBRIGHTSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NX |
51610 |
54710 |
| New OS NGR |
NX |
51622 |
54719 |
| Lat/Long |
54.86517 |
-4.31347 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Cloudy
|
| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Flat |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
S |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
This panel is located close to the centre of a large field on the W edge of a grassy bank, c.850m to the NNW of the Cairnholy Chambered Cairn 1. Approximately 20m to the NNE is the edge of a large stone covered mound, likely a clearance cairn, the top of which is 32m distance. A further 50m beyond the clearance cairn to the N is another rock art panel, Cairnholy 5 (ScRAP ID: 2159; Canmore ID: 63728). To the SW, approximately 110m distance, is a large outcrop on the edge of the field which has been carved with numerous motifs (see Cairnholy 4, 11, 12, 13, 14 ad 15). There are open views to the S and to the sea from the panel. Kirkmuir Farm is due W on the other side of the valley where there are numerous other rock art panels.
Previous Notes
NX55SW 62 5161 5471
Small exposed outcrop a few metres S of a pile of stones. Two plain cups. Weathered.
L Schilders, 1992.
On an exposed area of rock, measuring 1.2m N to S by 0.3m transversely, on the edge of a scarp about 110m NE of cup and-ring markings at NX 5155 5463 (NX55SW 29), and 90m S of the cup and-ring marked slab at NX 5161 5480 (NX55SW 30), there are two plain cups, 150mm apart, the larger measuring 35mm in diameter and 10mm in depth.
(Cree94 307)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 28 April 1994
Van Hoek notes 'two plain cups on rather steep west slope. Weathered.'
M A M van Hoek 1995
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.2 |
Width |
0.4 |
| Height (max) |
0.2 |
Height (min) |
0.1 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
W |
Carved Surface |
W |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Fine
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
Greywacke
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
- Rough surface
- Smooth Surface
C5. Panel Notes
This panel is long, narrow and pointed at one end; it measures 1.2m in length, 0.4m in width and is up to a maximum of 0.1m in height. The surface has been carved with two cup marks.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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2
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Panel is on Private land.
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
