MHG63261 - Cup marked stone - Bailemore (Balnapoul), Sluggan (3)
Summary
A cup marked stone at Bailemore, Sluggan.
Type and Period (1)
- CUP MARKED STONE (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 551 BC?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Recorded by Ann Wakeling 9/11/95. Located on her survey of Balnapoul settlement.
(D) Rock outcrop - schist. 21 cup-marks on southern third. 4.3m E-W. Approx 1.3m N-S (sloping off to ground on south). E end 1.3m high; W end ground level.
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 ‘c’ on Ann Wakeling’s 1996 plan of Bailemore at Milton of Balnapoul Sluggan. The panel is in a prominent position above and about 20m south of the southwest 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 the south section of a large psammite boulder which has split into three sections. It is a ‘whaleback’ about 4.5m long and 1.5m wide. There are no motifs on the other two sections. There are 26 cups, 2 of which are joined, along the upper and north part of the panel. At the east end the cups are spaced along the top edge but moving west they continue on the north side, away from the edge and in clusters. <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG29573 Text/Correspondence: Wakeling, A.. 2000. Bailemore Township. Anne Wakeling. Yes. Paper (Original).
- <2> SHG28725 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2020. Getmapping aerial photography 2020. XY
- <3> SHG29655 Text/Correspondence: Thompson, A.. 2024. Bailemore Rock Art survey. North of Scotland Archaeological Society. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 9342 1447 (13m by 13m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH91SW |
| Civil Parish | ABERNETHY AND KINCARDINE |
| Geographical Area | BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
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