Cairnholy 9
Cup Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Cairnholy 9
Classification Cup Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Cairnholy 9; Cairn Holy; Kirkdale
Canmore ID 77506
Site Number NX55SW 58
NGR NX 51620 54456
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/77506
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmabreck
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX55SW 58 5161 5445
Rather large exposed outcrop near tree, quarried at one side. Nine plain cups in a small cluster. Much weathered.
M van Hoek 1992
Van Hoek identifies ten plain cups in the cluster to the N of the tree. Naddair describes the site as Cairnholy 10, and notes the cluster of ten cups with three possible cups on adjacent outcrops.
M A M van Hoek 1995, K Naddair 1995.
Field Visit (28 April 1994)
NX55SW 58 5161 5445
At the foot of a tree in a pasture field about 400m NNW of Cairnholy farmsteading, and some 40m SSE of the junction of two field walls, there is a rock outcrop which bears two groups of markings. To the NW of the tree trunk there is a cluster of nine plain cups, measuring up to 40mm in diameter and 10mm in depth. About 3m to the SE on the edge of the outcrop there is a group comprising two cups with two rings, up to 160mm in diameter, one cup with a single ring, 110mm in diameter, and three plain cups. Most of the markings of the second group were revealed by peeling back the turf, and there are likely to be further markings on this outcrop, now well buried.
(Cree94 308)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 28 April 1994
Note (13 April 2019)
Date Fieldwork Started: 13/04/2019
Compiled by: Whithorn
Location Notes: Take the track from Cairnholy 1 to Cairnholy 2 chambered cairns, pass between the houses to the NW gate. Go to the top right corner of the field, then WNW down the hill, look for the single tree touching the panel. There is a low mound 25m to the N, 30m long. Gorse bushes to the immediate S. Kirkmuir Farm is to the W. Grid ref. is accurate to 1.2m.
Panel Notes: A roughly triangular shaped panel, measuring 2.1m by 1.3m and up to 0.2m in height. At the pointed upper end of the panel there is a cluster of 9 cup marks visible. Two more possible cups with clear tool marks were exposed on excavation from the lower, W. part of the panel. These measure 70mm and 30mm in width.