Drumtroddan 10

Date Fieldwork Started: 02/05/2019

Compiled by: ScRAP Team

Location Notes: Drumtroddan 10 is part of a group of cup-and-ring marked rocks (Drumtroddan 8 - 13) located within a fenced-off area in a field approximately 200m S of Drumtroddan Farm. Further rock art panels are located within a similarly fenced-off enclosure approximately 20m to the SE (Drumtroddan 1 – 4), and within a wooded area approximately 70m to the W (Drumtroddan 5 – 7). Drumtroddan 8-13 are part of the same Canmore ID (62751) and HER record (MDG2423) and, together with the panels in the other fenced-off enclosure and within the wooded area, are included within the same scheduled monument designation (SM90101), and are properties in care.

The two enclosures within the field are part of a large area of outcropping rock. There are views in all directions, and particularly to the N, E and W, with the Galloway hills visible in the distance to the NE. Drumtroddan standing stones (Canmore ID: 62762) are approximately 400m to the S. The enclosure within which Drumtroddan 10 is located, measures approximately 8m x 16m. All the panels within this group are found on a single area of exposed outcrop ridge running broadly NW-SE certain parts of which are turf-covered.

Drumtroddan 10 is located at the NE end of the grouping, approximately 0.8m N of Drumtroddan 9 with Drumtroddan 8 a further 0.3m to the S.

Panel Notes: Drumtroddan 10 is a sloping area of bedrock measuring 1.9 x 1.4 m across and rising to 0.7m at its highest. It lies immediately below Drumtroddan 9, part of the same outcrop ridge. The panel runs under the turf at its N (lower) edge. The panel has a cup-and-four-rings, a cup-and-three-rings and a cup-and two-rings, along its upper part. Lower down the panel there is also a cup-and-ring, with a possible further, partial, ring outside that. There are two cupmarks, one of which may be natural.