Scotland's Rock Art Project (ScRAP)
Date 10 September 2019
Event ID 1118873
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1118873
Date Fieldwork Started: 10/09/2019
Compiled by: ScRAP Team
Location Notes: Located towards the upper end of a large field used for grazing, approximately 100m S of the N field wall (which runs E-W), 100m from the field gate in the dyke to the E, and Cairnholy 7 (ScRAP ID: 3235) which slightly lies to the E of this wall. This panel lies approximately half way between this field gate and one to the W at the opposite side of the field, just to the S of a track. Cairnholy 8 (ScRAP ID: 1090; Canmore ID: 77510) lies approximately 90m to the S, past a mound of stones (likely a large clearance cairn) c. 60m to the SSE. The ruined remains of Balmacrail (Canmore ID: 90249) lies c. 90m to the NW.
Panel Notes: The panel is a long, oblong shape running broadly N-S down the slope of the field. It measures 1.6 x 0.6m and rises to 0.3m at its heighest. Both ends of the panel are slightly raised above the level of the ground. The panel has a flat surface sloping slightly towards the SW with fissures crossing it at its S (lower) end. The main motifs are towards the centre and comprise a cup-and-four rings, the third of which is possibly only partial and the outermost of which is truncated by the edge of the panel. There is a further cup-and-two complete rings, with a third, partial ring, a large cup with a complete ring and a partial possible second ring, a cup with a possible partial ring, and a further possible individual cupmark. The surface is exposed to the air, and quite heavily eroded.
