
Cairnholy 13&15 Carved Panels viewed from ENE.
Cairnholy 13&15 Carved Panels viewed from ENE.
Cairnholy 13&15 Carved Panels viewed from ENE.
Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel viewed from ENE.
Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel viewed from ENE (20p Coins for Scale).
Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel viewed from ENE.
N Group of Cup Carvings on Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel (20p Coins for Scale).
N Group of Cup Carvings on Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel.
N Cup Carving on Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel (20p Coins for Scale).
N Cup Carving on Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel.
SE Cup Carvings on Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel (20p Coins for Scale).
SE Cup Carvings on Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel.
S Cup Carvings on Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel (20p Coins for Scale).
S Cup Carvings on Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel.
SW Cup Carvings on Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel (20p Coins for Scale).
SW Cup Carvings on Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel.
Enhanced Grooves on SW of Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel.
Visited 04.05.25
Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel is located c. 12 feet SE of Cairnholy 4 Carved Panel on a rocky knoll c. 0.5 miles NNW of Cairnholy Farm in Dumfries and Galloway. The rock art is carved on a sub rectangular panel measuring c. 5 feet ENE-WSW and 5.5 feet transversely, split in two by a grassy ravine. There are 7 cup carving right of the ravine on the N edge: a group consisting of 2 parallel lines of 3 cup carvings and a single carved cup. On the left of the ravine there are 2 central cup carvings and a cluster of carvings in the SW. The SW cluster has an eroded central cup and ring carving surrounded by several cup carvings. Canmore ID 368423 has further details of Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel.
On the SW corner of the panel there are two parallel deep grooves, measuring c. 6 inches and 1 foot respectively, which may be natural depressions smoothed and extended by domestic activity.