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Barholm
Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Barholm
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Barholm 2
Canmore ID 63718
Site Number NX55SW 21
NGR NX 5205 5299
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63718
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmabreck
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX55SW 21 5206 5299.
NX 521 530. Cup-and-ring marked stone, Barholm. Corner stone of dyke 6yds. SE of old farm house. Stone 2'4" x 1'6" x 11". Cup and two rings, 5 1/2" diameter, cup and one ring, and cup.
I F MacLeod and R W B Morris 1969
Located at NX 5206 5299.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 14 March 1972
This stone is described and illustrated by van Hoek, who identifies 'one solo cup and a small dot; two cups with one and two rings (14cm in diameter); from the latter ring runs a looped groove enclosing a cup and a small dot. Naddair's interpretation of this stone is slightly different: his illustrations show a further four cups and another cup with one ring.
M A M van Hoek 1995, K Naddair 1995.
Field Visit (23 February 1994)
The squared stone block bearing these markings is built into the corner of a dyke about 35m NW of the NW corner of Barholm Castle. The face set towards the NE, which measures 0.7m by 0.45m has a cup and-two-rings, a cup and-one-ring and a single cup as described by MacLeod and Morris. The markings are all faint and the stone is now obscured by ivy.
(Cree94 89)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 23 February 1994
