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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 661524
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/661524
NH56SE 10 5737 6370 and 5738 6376.
On the N.E. slopes of Black Hill, at 650ft OD., there are two cup-marked stones at NH 5737 6370 (A) [NH56SE 10, Black Hill 1] and NH 57386376 (B) [NH56SE 75, Black Hill 2].
'A' is a large flat stone, 1.7m x 1m, flush with the ground, with about 40 cup-marks, 1 cup-and-ring mark and 2 cup-marks joined by a groove. This is clearly the stone referred to in (PSAS 1912).
'B' is an irregular-shaped boulder, 1.5m long, 0.8m wide and 0.5m high, on which about 15 cup-marks are visible. This may be the stone described by Macrae (N Macrae 1923).
Surveyed at 1/2500. Photo.
Visited by OS (N K B) 30 June 1965.
Cup-marked Rock (NR) (Twice)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)
Stone 'A' has approximately 37 plain cup-marks, 1 cup and ring, one 'dumbell', and concentrated at its N end 10 'scoops' appearing as enlarged cups, sub circular in plan. Two faint grooves form a cross shape on the stone surface. The stones are otherwise as described above.
Visited by OS (J B) 18 November 1976.
