Milton Parks 15
Cup Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Milton Parks 15
Classification Cup Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 109166
Site Number NX74NW 110
NGR NX 70264 46094
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/109166
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcudbright
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX74NW 110 70264 46094
Milton Parks (16)
NX 7025 4609 12 solo cups on a rougher outcrop.
K Naddair, S Willet, C MacKenzie and B Bierley 1996
There are at least ten cupmarks on this sheet of bedrock, which dips towards the WNW. The majority of the cups range in size from 45mm to 80mm in diameter and are up to 15mm in depth, but there is one larger example measuring 110mm in diameter. The surface of the outcrop is irregular and also pitted with natural hollows.
(KTA02 288)
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, DCC) 25 November 2002
Note (2 April 2019)
Date Fieldwork Started: 02/04/2019
Compiled by: Kirkcudbright
Location Notes: The panel is situated in improved pasture in undulating terrain with numerous rocky outcrops, on the S side of a hill looking towards the sea. It is located near the stone field wall and access road, and to the S of and opposite a telephone exchange. There is a concentration of rock art in this area. The rock art at Milton Parks 7 lies 28m due S. There are views to the S, E and W.
Panel Notes: This is a low exposed greywacke outcrop measuring 1.45 x 0.65m and flush with the ground but slightly domed in the centre. The surface slopes to the NW and is pitted and weathered, with many small natural hollows. There are several circular and sub-circular depressions but only 2 definite cupmarks.
