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| Canmore ID |
77506 |
SCRAP ID |
1359 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NX 51620 54456
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP AND RING 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 |
9 |
| Other names |
Van Hoek Cairnholy 9 |
| HER/SMR |
MDG5194
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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 |
54450 |
| New OS NGR |
NX |
51620 |
54456 |
| Lat/Long |
54.86281 |
-4.31336 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
Google Earth
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny
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| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Undulating |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
W |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
- Improved Pasture
- Rough Grazing
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
Take the track from Cairnholy 1 to Cairnholy 2 chambered cairns, pass between the houses to the NW gate. Go to the top right corner of the field, then WNW down the hill, look for the single tree touching the panel. There is a low mound 25m to the N, 30m long. Gorse bushes to the immediate S. Kirkmuir Farm is to the W. Grid ref. is accurate to 1.2m.
Previous Notes
NX55SW 58 5161 5445
Rather large exposed outcrop near tree, quarried at one side. Nine plain cups in a small cluster. Much weathered.
M van Hoek 1992
At the foot of a tree in a pasture field about 400m NNW of Cairnholy farmsteading, and some 40m SSE of the junction of two field walls, there is a rock outcrop which bears two groups of markings. To the NW of the tree trunk there is a cluster of nine plain cups, measuring up to 40mm in diameter and 10mm in depth. About 3m to the SE on the edge of the outcrop there is a group comprising two cups with two rings, up to 160mm in diameter, one cup with a single ring, 110m in diameter, and three plain cups. Most of the markings of the second group were revealed by peeling back the turf, and there are likely to be further markings on this outcrop, now well buried.
(Cree94 308)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 28 April 1994
Van Hoek identifies ten plain cups in the cluster to the N of the tree. Naddair describes the site as Cairnholy 10, and notes the cluster of ten cups with three possible cups on adjacent outcrops.
M A M van Hoek 1995, K Naddair 1995.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
2.1 |
Width |
1.3 |
| Height (max) |
0.2 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
W |
Carved Surface |
SW |
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
- Smooth Surface
C5. Panel Notes
A roughly triangular shaped panel, measuring 2.1m by 1.3m and up to 0.2m in height. At the pointed upper end of the panel there is a cluster of 9 cup marks visible. Two more possible cups with clear tool marks were exposed on excavation from the lower, W. part of the panel. These measure 70mm and 30mm in width.
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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11
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? Yes
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
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
- There are trees nearby whose roots might disturb the rock.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
