MHG63262 - Cup marked stone - Bailemore (Balnapoul), Sluggan (4)
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.
(E) Schist rock - 1 cup-mark.
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 ‘d’ on Ann Wakeling’s 1996 plan of Bailemore at Milton of Balnapoul Sluggan. The area is very rough grazing, with scattered large psammite boulders, and many juniper and broom bushes. This panel is up the slope well above the distinctive trapezoidal enclosure in a small level clearing in the bushes.
The panel is rounded psammite boulder with a pointed end about 1.1m by 0.8m. There is one well-formed cup in the centre, a second over a crack in the rock, and a possible third. <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 9337 1443 (5m by 6m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH91SW |
| Civil Parish | ABERNETHY AND KINCARDINE |
| Geographical Area | BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (2)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/73913 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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