The Binn 2

RCAHMS undertook a GPS survey to locate the cup-and-ring markings and cross incised stone near Silverbarton farm

Date Fieldwork Started: 28/04/2019

Compiled by: ELF

Location Notes: The Binn 2 is located within cluster of large boulders and outcropping sandstone on a steep W facing slope within mature deciduous woodland mainly beech about 250m N of the main A909 road at Burntisland and about 80m SE of The Binn Pond. It is part of a tight grouping of panels on the outcrop (The Binn 1, 2 and 3) with The Binn 2 situated just above The Binn 1 (ScRAP 829, Canmore 269301). All three panels were previously grouped under Canmore 269301. To the E the land slopes steeply down to towards the panels while to the W the ground continues to slope down steeply. The trees only partially obscure good views over the Firth of Firth to the S and across the adjacent valley to the W and N. To the W can be seen the ruin of Silverbarton Farm. To the N of the panels and on the far side of a barbed fence, a public footpath is located which leads from the A909 to The Binn Hill. A further outcrop with a cluster of possible cupmarks (The Binn 4, ScRAP 2670, Canmore 269307) lies across the fence and footpath from this grouping, approximately 150 m to the N on the far edge of a large gorse patch. Dunearn Fort (Canmore 52860) lies approx 1200m to WNW and Glassmount Standing Stone (Canmore 52785) lies approx 2600m to NE

Panel Notes: The Binn 2 is a small, flat sandstone slab measuring 0.8x0.6m and 0.6m maximum thickness. It has possibly fallen from outcropping rock higher up, and now lies immediately above and to the N of The Binn 1. There are fissures, hollows and weathering channels on the upper surface, and the carvings comprise 2 small cupmarks, and 1 cup with a partial ring.