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Kirkdale House 6
Cist (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Kirkdale House 6
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Cardroness; Laggon Hill
Canmore ID 63715
Site Number NX55SW 19
NGR NX 51429 53253
NGR Description Removed to NX 515 533
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63715
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmabreck
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX55SW 19 515 533 (formerly 548 526)
A whinstone slab was found on "a stony, thorny slope near the base of Laggon Hill almost exactly 660' WNW of the Standing Stones of Newton" (NX55SE 1). (This would place its site about NX 548 526). It is now in a shelter in the garden at Cardoness House (NX 566 535), along with NX55SW 18, NX55SW 20, NX55SW 32. It bears 3 cup-marks, 1 with 5 rings, and the other 2 with 4 rings, encircling them.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1912; R W B Morris and D C Bailey 1967
Located at NX 5646 5349. Original find spot not accurately ascertained. Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 13 March 1972
This stone has been cemented into the floor of an open wooden shelter erected in the garden just behind Kirkdale House (NX 515 533).
R W B Morris 1973.
Note (22 February 2018)
Date Fieldwork Started: 22/02/2018
Compiled by: ScRAP
Location Notes: The panel has been moved from its original context and is now located in a shelter within private garden ground at Kirkdale House.
Panel Notes: This is roughly triangular shaped panel, which appears to be broken off from a larger rock surface. At least two of the motifs have been truncated. There are three cup-and-ring motifs, one which has five rings and each of the other two has four rings. All the motifs have radials running from the central cups and formed from two parallel grooves. The radial lines are all orientated in the same direction. The interiors of the motifs are smoothed, although some tool marks are still visible.
