Rock Art Database

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Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Classifications And Periods

County

ABERDEENSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

B2. Current land use & vegetation

• No selection

Other:churchyard

B3. Forestry

• No selection

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

• No selection

B5. Location Notes

This panel has been moved to the E edge of the churchyard at Migvie, under a large tree.

Previous Notes

NJ40NW 3 4373 0675. (Area NJ 436 067) There is a triangular cup-marked stone of red sandstone, 3 feet long and 16 inches thick containing about 40 cups, behind Migvie Church (NJ40NW 2) just outside the garden gate beside the farmhouse of Glack. Jervise states it was found in an adjoining field. A Mitchell and J Drummond 1875; A Jervise 1875-9; J Ritchie 1918. A cupmarked stone at NJ 4373 0675, as described and illustrated. Surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 4 September 1968. (Name cited as Glack, Migvie). The area indicated is situated on a S-facing slope in arable ground at an altitude of 255m OD. NMRS, MS/712/44. This cupmarked boulder is situated next to a dry-stone wall 7m S of the W end of the farmhouse at The Glack. On the present upper surface of the boulder, which measures 1m by 0.92m and at least 0.5m in thickness, there are up to 42 cupmarks measuring a maximum of 55m in diameter (but averaging about 40mm in diameter) and about 10mm in depth. One further cup, measures 95mm in diameter, and is linked by short lengths of channel to three of the smaller cups to form a small cross. In addition, three of the larger cups have merged to form an L-shape with arms about 140mm in length. A similar but slightly more amorphous feature, close to the present N edge of the stone, measures 210mm by 150mm. Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, PC), 11 September 1997.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

C3. Rock Surface

C4. Surface Features

• Smooth Surface

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is a roughly triangular, sandstone boulder about 1m across. It appears to have been broken at one of the corners. There are 35 simple cups of varying sizes, 1 cup with a 'tail', 1 'courgette', and three other motifs of which two are each sets of 3 or 4 deep cups placed close together and joined. The third motifs comprises 4 cups in a square pattern, one larger than the other three, joined by a cross.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

There are two large motifs each of which appear to be made from 3 (or more?) closely placed deep cups joined together. There is an arrangement of 4 cups, one larger than the other three, joined by a cross. (the above not 'scored' below)

C7. MOTIFS

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

• Panel is on Private land.

D2. Awareness

• No selection

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

• No selection

Comments and other potential threats

I understand it was moved to the churchyard for safekeeping.