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Howburn Digger wrote:
Out for a walk with my son up the Dalveen Pass on Saturday afternoon. It lies on the border of South Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway. My kid climbed on a boulder and I went to take his picture. I noticed a dark circle on the rock when I was framing the picture. I saw what I thought were a number of cup marks on the rock and photographed them with my OH's phonecamera. The site is not listed on Canmore, TMA or TMP. Indeed there are very few cup marked stones listed for South Lanarkshire.
My excitement on looking at the images when we got home propelled me to contact the British Rock Art bunch and I tried to post it as a new site on here. With today and Tuesday off for the school holidays I headed back down with a better camera, a bottle of water and a sunny day. To my amazement, I found what I think are many cup marks on no less than five other boulders within yards of the original one from Saturday.
I've still heard nothing back from any of the sites I've contacted and would really appreciate it if some of the cup mark specialists on here could have a wee look at the pictures. My wee heart cannae take this excitement! Put me oot my misery! Are these the Real McCoy? This would be my first!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47595583@N06/sets/72157623316854483/


Thanks

Sorry for the negativity HD but they look natural to me , probably solution holes . There is some info here http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/aura/shared_files/Cupules.pdf (about p 10 ) describing some natural cups .We should really compile some pics to illustrate this stuff .

tiompan wrote:
Sorry for the negativity HD but they look natural to me , probably solution holes . There is some info here http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/aura/shared_files/Cupules.pdf (about p 10 ) describing some natural cups .We should really compile some pics to illustrate this stuff .
No apology necessary! I only sought clarity! Thanks very much for the prompt response and the reading material! Certainly some food for thought in that mighty PDF. Thank you tiompan.