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Found yesterday , 3 metres from the site of one of the new Beauly to Denny pylons so some notifications in hand . It has to be said that the all the previously recorded sites on the route that I'm aware ahve been well signed and the route avoids . This one is different ,although you may have imagined a watching brief would have tatken place at such a sensitive spot . Although having said that the markings are not that clear to an unpracticed eye .
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A couple of new finds , ctually from about a month ago but light was poor so had to go back a couple of weeks later to get better pics . The possible standing stone was noted about six years ago but despite the packing I didn't feel like suggesting as a possible as they are so common but a recent visitcoupled with burnt heather led to the discovery of a sub circular enclosure that is not a hut circle ,too small and entrance is in the north and a cairn within 60 metres si I decided to consider it as a possible ,plus there is nothing upstanding like this for a couple of miles .
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Turrerich has proved to be a happy hunting ground over the past few years with 10 "new " finds to add to the single site (not pictured ) first noted in the 1960's . These are the most photogenic .The grid ref is a pretty central for most .
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Conglomerate rocks can often be confused for engravings and are generally avoided by engravers but this is a genuine example of some or all of the natural markings being enhanced .
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The possible cup mark(s) on the standing stone to the south of the four poster are natural .
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When the Stronach Ridge was clear of the present forestry the rock art site provided a fine view of some of the hills from Beinn Nuis to Goatfell , what had gone unnoticed was that the from the panels the sun would set over the summit of Beinn Nuis at the Summer solstice ,not in itself that noteworthy but there would also have been an eleven minute “Sun roll “ down to the bealach between Beinn Nuis and Beinn Tarsuinn . Unlike other sites where sun rolls can be seen from rock art panels the Stronach Ridge markings have quite a few radials which , if in the correct orientation , could provide an argument for evidence of intentionality and a possible recognition of the phenomena by the engravers , sadly the radials were grouped around 250 -280 with one at 290 degrees when 304 was what was required . This is in itself typical of radials in that they usually follow the slope the rock .
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I had always thought that the rock art site of Carr Brae near Glen Shiel took a bit of beating for a “ view “ but it certainly has some competition here . At the foot of the hill on the coast is one of Hutton’s unconformities .
The grid ref is as noted , 140 metres south of the Canmore one . The four “possible “ cup marks are almost certainly actual .
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/293550/details/isle+of+arran+lochranza+creag+ghlas/
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A new find find from a few days ago and and a couple in the same area from last year .
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Some examples of non rock art mostly from the Dundee area . The first four apart from the "standing stone " are closest to the type of natural markings found at Slaggyford . As these are clearly not prehsitoric I'll take them off in a couple of days if that is ok by the eds . However they might be a handy comparator .
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This is not the recorded marked rock by the oil tank but one I discovered about 7 years ago a in the field to the south of the farm . Small cups again ,also in a rosette but this is 25 miles and over two ranges of hills from the similar Corrody burn example . An interesting story about this is that a few weeks ago I came across a pic of it taken from the now defunct BRAC website and used to illustrate a very poorly argued idea for rock art motifs being maps of the local monuments . The pic had no caption and was supposed to be an example of a representation of a grouping of barrows .When I asked the unfortunate who had come up with the idea he had no idea where the rock was situated , what it was called or where the pic came from ,yet he had decided that it "represented " a grouping of barrows in the area . Needless to say there are no barrows in the area and he missed the other markings on the rock .meaning there would have been an even greater number of "non" barrows in the area . Fwiw some of the cups are aligned on the cardinal points and there is a sun roll seen from the stone over the nearby Schiehallion .
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Two small cups within an occulus and another at the centre of the arcs .
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Some examples of small cup marks ,in one of the examples they are small enough to be considered large pick marks .
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This rock is one a group of about 14 found over a few visits to the Rhynie area about five years ago .
Most are simple cup marks on dull granite and difficult to get decent enough pics ,this is one of the exceptions . Cups on the edge seems to be a favourite style in the NE. When I was digging this up the farmer and son arrived raging thinking I was ferreting but soon calmed down when they realised what they had on their on their land .
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This marked rock was found about 3 years ago , the radial is 45 cm long .The central pic is the rock as it was pre-clearance .
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They are problematic enough at the best of times , this one isn't even mentioned in Canmore but is on the 6 inch 1869 OS map . Like it's neighbour at Auchorachan it has wee protective fence .
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