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Castleton 2 (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
 
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Posted by greywether29th November 2004ce |
Castleton 7 (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) — Images |
  
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Posted by greywether 29th November 2004ce |
Castleton 3 (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) — Fieldnotes |
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See NS88NE 10 Some good stuff here - all very clear. NS 85710 87969 on the GPS. At the S end of the rock is a group of five motifs (including a 50 cm cup and five rings with a "budding" cup and two rings) and a further two are at the N end. If approaching from the farm, they are roughy 100m from the gate on your right hidden behind a gorse bush on a shelf on the edge of the ridge. Just E of the telegraph wires. Visited 28 November 2004 |
Posted by greywether 29th November 2004ce |
Castleton 2 (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) — Fieldnotes |
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There are two sites here - NS88NE 9 which has a lightly-pecked (possibly partly finished) cup and one ring and - NS88NE 53 (known as Castleton 2b) which has cup marks only. They lie almost adjacent to each other at NS 85818 88303 on the far end of the first rocky ridge N of the farm. Under the telegraph wires. 2b is the easier to spot. Visited 28 November 2004 |
Posted by greywether 29th November 2004ce |
Castleton 7 (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) — Fieldnotes |
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See NMRS NS88NE 30 This was the one I really wanted to find. Cup and nine rings - not many of them around. My expectations were low. I had only a six-figure grid reference and the briefest of descriptions to go by and they were nearly 20 years old. Surely the site would be covered over by now. However, I can confirm that is is there .... and looking wonderful. The rings and the seven radial grooves were very clear in the low sun. It measures 60 cm across. Quite easy to find. It is in an open area between the gorse bushes at the far end of the ridge which runs NW from the farm. NS 85523 88185 This is site 7a in Canmore. All that you can see are the cup and nine rings and a cup and four rings. Their outer rings appear to be joined. There should be a lot more here but it is probably covered and I was not going to start stripping the turf. I could not locate the nearby 7b and 7c but I was happy. I'd found the main reason for the trip. Visited 28 November 2004 |
Posted by greywether 29th November 2004ce |
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