Don't blame the cows, please. Just the farmers (and we shouldn't criticise them, really, with our mouths full). (As they say).

A landowner probably feels the same way about Rock Art as we would feel about a Donny Osmond L.P. A well-scratched cow is a healthy one. At the Knar, Hob, I found the corner of a cup-marked rock poking out of meadow turf. I cut away the sod exposing very well preserved cupmarks (in a 'pepperbox' pattern). The next summer the farm lad was sure to run his cutting bar over it - in two directions - leaving an 'x' scar over it.

NY 6621 5124 - there's more within a two hundred metre radius. I've not told the farmers where they are - SMR'd - mainly. (It's the same old story !)