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DRUMTRODDAN 1

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Canmore ID 62794 SCRAP ID 1499
Location OS Grid Ref: NX 36287 44717 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications
Classification Period
CUP AND RING MARKED STONE PREHISTORIC
Date Fieldwork Started 29/04/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? No  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name DRUMTRODDAN Number 1
Other names Drumtroddan 1A (Van Hoek)
HER/SMR MDG2466
 SM Number SM90101 Other PIC
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup And Ring Marked Rock Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
WIGTOWNSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR NX 36280 44719
New OS NGR NX 36287 44717
Lat/Long 54.7706 -4.5465
Obtained By: GPS

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Sunny
Position in landscape Top of hill
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Flat
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) -

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • No selection

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • No selection

B5. Location Notes

Drumtroddan 1 is part of a group of cup-and-ring marked rocks (Drumtroddan 1 - 4) located within a fenced-off area in a field approximately 200m S of Drumtroddan Farm. Further rock art panels are located within a similarly fenced-off enclosure approximately 20m to the NW (Drumtroddan 8-13), and within a wooded area approximately 70m to the W (Drumtroddan 5-7). Drumtroddan 1 - 4 are part of the same Canmore ID (62794) and HER record (MDG2466) and, together with the panels in the other fenced-off enclosure and within the wooded area, are included within the same scheduled monument designation (SM90101), and are properties in care. Drumtroddan standing stones (Canmore ID: 62762) are approximately 400m to the S. The two enclosures lie on the highest point of the field, and are part of a large area of outcropping rock. There are views in all directions, and particularly to the N, E and W. The enclosure within which Drumtroddan 1 is located, measures approximately 10m x 10m. Drumtroddan 1 is the most northerly of the panels within the enclosure, with Drumtroddan 2 lying approximately 3m to the S, Drumtroddan 3 approximately 4m to the SW and Drumtroddan 4 approximately 7m to the W.

Previous Notes

NX34SE 49 3628 4471. Situated some 200m S of Drumtroddan farm, inside the SE of two small fenced enclosures are several boulder-like greywacke outcrops, the biggest being 1.25m by 0.75m by 0.25m high. On them respectively are: (a) On the biggest outcrop: a cup-and-five-complete-rings, with a radial groove downwards from cup to ground. (b) 3m to its S: a cup-and-five-rings with two faint parallel grooves, both probably from the cup, and also a cup-and-four-complete-rings with a natural bisecting groove. (c) 4m SW of 'a': a cup-and-six-complete-rings with a natural bisecting groove. This, 35cm in diameter, is the biggest carving in the group. (d) 6.5m SW of 'a' is a group of four very faint cups-and-rings, two with five rings, one with three rings, and one with two rings. R W Feachem 1963; R W B Morris and D C Bailey 1967; R W B Morris 1967; 1979 Surveyed at 1:2500 scale. Visit by OS January 1973.

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) 1.2 Width 0.7
Height (max) 0.2 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
20 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface WNW Carved Surface WNW Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Medium Visible Anomalies No selection Rock Type Greywacke

C4. Surface Features

  • Fissures/cracks
  • Natural Hollows
  • Rough surface

C5. Panel Notes

Drumtroddan 1 is a small exposed area of a larger greywacke outcrop. The panel has a flat surface which sloped to the WNW, running into the turf on its W side. On its E side, there is a small vertical drop to grass-level. The panel shows extensive lichen cover. The panel, which measures 1.2m x 0.7m in size and is up to 0.2m in height, has been decorated with one large motif of a cup-and-five rings, measuring approximately 45cm across. A radial runs from the central cup across the motif to the ground. It appears to be a natural fissure which has been enhanced. All parts of the motif are clear, although the outermost ring shows slightly more evidence of erosion. It is also crossed and broken by a natural fissure which curves across the panel surface.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Cup and Rings
cup_and_ring_2
1
Radial
radial_1
1

Visible Tool Marks? Yes

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • Right to Roam access.
  • Panel is on Private land.
  • Access is managed by a national organisation.
  • There is and interpretation on site.

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
  • Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
Animal
  • There are cattle near the rock.
Human
  • The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
  • The rock is in an area with visitor facilities.
Comments and other potential threats

Part of Property in Care, in the care of HES. There are some visitor facilities, including an information panel within one of the enclosures. There are cattle in the field, but the panels are within an enclosed area.