Scotland's Rock Art Project (ScRAP)
Date 13 April 2019
Event ID 1118881
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1118881
Date Fieldwork Started: 13/04/2019
Compiled by: Whithorn
Location Notes: Located 10m to the N of a stone wall, on bedrock in the bottom of a recent drainage ditch, approx 200m E of sheep fank on the land to the north of Cairnholy. (Note - the OS map places the rock art at NX 5167954678, where there is a small boulder on the edge of the drainage ditch, but this boulder does not appear to have any rock art, and is not Cairnholy 6. Cairnholy 6 is 50m further down the drainage ditch on a section of bedrock).
Panel Notes: A section of bedrock, exposed in the base of a drainage ditch, with the visible area measuring 2.8m by 0.7m in size, and lies flat. There are two visible cup marks measuring 90mm and 100mm in width; one appears to be pecked, the other roughly pecked (labelled 'tool marked'). There is also a small cone shaped cup (45mm) of uncertain origin, which may be natural.
There are several deep rock-cut grooves made by a machine across the surface; these have presumably been made by the farmer when attempting to deepen the drainage ditch. This panel was previously recorded as including a cup and ring mark but this was not identified at time of survey.
