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Kirkdale House 1
Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Kirkdale House 1
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 63734
Site Number NX55SW 36
NGR NX 51430 53253
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63734
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmabreck
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX55SW 36 515 533
See also NX55SW 34 and NX55SW 35.
In 1970, three cup-and-ring marked slabs were found under the sundial at Kirkdale House. Two of these are described on NX55SW 34 and NX55SW 35 while the third, the exact provenance of which is unknown, measures 70cm by 40cm by 6cm. On it is a cup-and-five-complete-rings with a very small part of a sixth ring, and a shallow radial groove, probably from the inner ring only, to the edge of the stone. The rings are not very circular. Greatest diameter 36cm and carving depths up to 0.5cm. This stone is now among others, cemented into the floor of a specially built open shed at the W end of the lawn behind the house.
I F MacLeod 1970; R W B Morris 1973; 1979.
Note (22 February 2018)
Date Fieldwork Started: 22/02/2018
Compiled by: ScRAP Team
Location Notes: The panel has been moved from its original context and is now located in a shelter in private garden ground at Kirkdale House.
Panel Notes: This is a small and roughly rectangular slab, currently arranged to stand upright, and measuring 0.7 x 0.6 m across its carved surface and 0.3 in height (in these measurements the length indicates the longest axis across the panel face and the width the other axis across its face. The 'height' therefore is an indicator of the 'thickness' of the panel). It has a rough, flat surface with a central cup which surrounded by five rings, together covering most of the panel area. A slightly curved groove comprising what appears to be a natural fissure enhanced by pecking runs from the central cup, across the rings to the edge of the panel. A short curved groove or arc lies outside the sixth ring and two short radials also extend outwards from the fifth ring. The rings are broad, each measure about 0.08 cm across and coarse and obvious peckmarks, about 5mm across, are visible in parts of all of the rings. There are also two shallow cups towards the edge of the panel.
