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MHG63259 - Cup marked stone - Bailemore (Balnapoul), Sluggan (1)

Summary

A cup marked stone at Bailemore, Sluggan.

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(B) Earthfast erratic schist boulder - 37 cup-marks on top surface. 3.8m N-S; 1.5m E-W. 0.4m high (west / uphill side). 0.8m high (downhill / east side).

Recorded by Ann Wakeling 9/11/95. Located on her survey of Balnapoul settlement.

References:

Rev. W. Forsyth, In the Shadow of Cairngorm, p.46
Affleck Gray, Legends of the Cairngorms, p.129
Gillies Lobban, 'Notes by One Who First Saw the Light of Day at Milton of Kincardine, 1892', TGSI 55.

Further details from Ann Wakeling, Librarian, Aviemore Library. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2020 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

This panel was recorded by members of NoSAS (Rock Art Group) in March 2024. This panel is ‘a’ on Ann Wakeling’s 1996 plan of Bailemore at Milton of Balnapoul, Sluggan. The panel is visible about 10m east from the northeast corner of a distinctive trapezoidal enclosure. The area is very rough grazing, with scattered large psammite boulders, and many juniper and broom bushes. The panels are on a spur at the base of a steep slope, with wide ranging views along the River Spey particularly to the north.

The panel is a boulder of psammite 2.8m long by 1.4m wide. The main surface slopes to the east at about 20 degrees. The south end has no motifs and is covered by dense juniper bushes. The motifs are all at the north end of the panel, totalling 37 cups. <3>

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NH 9349 1451 (12m by 12m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH91SW
Civil Parish	ABERNETHY AND KINCARDINE
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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