Cairnholy 3
Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Cairnholy 3
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Cairn Holy; Kirkdale
Canmore ID 63725
Site Number NX55SW 28
NGR NX 52000 54282
NGR Description NX c. 520 543
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63725
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmabreck
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX55SW 28 c. 520 543.
A cube-shaped block of whinstone, of c.3cu ft was ploughed up in the field about 400yds NE of Cairnholy farm house (NX 518 541). It was carved with a cup-and-six-rings with a radial groove, some 14" in diameter. This stone was not found in 1965.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1912; R W B Morris and D C Bailey 1967
Not located.
Visited by OS (RD) 14 March 1972.
Note (2 June 2019)
Date Fieldwork Started: 02/06/2019
Compiled by: ScRAP
Location Notes: This panel is located c. 200m to the NE and within sight of the steading beside the northern of the two chambered cairns at Cairnholy. Beyond, there are views to the S to the sea. To the W there is a stone wall which runs approximately NW-SE; there is a gate in this wall c. 100m distance to the NW of the panel. To the N there is another gate in a second stone wall which runs E-W. The panel is located on the W edge of the middle pile of a line of five clearance cairns, below and to the E of the stone wall. The GPS location taken at time of survey (NX52334 54232) was recorded at 2m accuracy.
This panel was recorded by Van Hoek in 1995 as Cairnholy 3 which he reported as missing.
Panel Notes: A cube shaped boulder 0.6m by 0.5m in size and up to 0.5 in height. The panel has been carved with one cup with six faint rings, the largest of which is 30cm diameter. From the centre, the rings are 25, 25, 25, 30, 25 and 25mm apart. The central cup is 30mm in diameter.
