Mossyard

Also known as:
Mossyard 3
Nearest town:
Gatehouse Of Fleet (8km NE)
OS reference:
NX545514
OS sheet:
83
Latitude:
54° 50' 9.77 N
Longitude:
4° 15' 56.69 W
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Image of Mossyard (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) by rockartwolf

27/9/05

mossyard 3
rock outcrop 50m from road, in field next to farm.

Image credit: Brian "Blokey" Kerr
rockartwolf
rockartwolf Sep 27, 2005

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Mossyard

markj99
markj99 Jan 3, 2021

In my experience Rock Art is the most frustrating of all the categories (except possibly Burnt Mounds). It is hard to find due to erosion, being covered by turf or a 6 figure grid reference accurate to 100 square metres. I walked past the Clarksburn Wood stone several times in dry weather only to see the cup and rings marking appear on a rainy day.

Rockartuk were Rock Stars in the Rock Art world. Gus van Veen and Jan Brouwer travelled the length and breadth of the United Kingdom unearthing hidden gems, cataloguing sites and taking exceptional pictures of Rock Art.

Sadly, Jan Brower passed away in 2011. The last post of Rockartuk on TMA was on 29th January 2011 . The free archive of photos had to be rescued due to Fotopic.net’s demise. They are now available on UKRA.net (go to Links).

Mossyard was investigated by Rockartuk and they found 6 separate sites in the location. I was only able to find Mossyard 1,3 and 6 on my visit in 2017 but 50% is a good result in the search for Rock Art.

I have just notice that the grid reference for this site is rather closer to Mossyard 1 than Mossyard 3. The officially recorded grid reference in Canmore ID 63739 (go to Links) is NX 5469 5204 for Mossyard 3.

Mossyard

rockartuk
rockartuk Sep 14, 2005

We visited this site last year May. There are several panels around this farm/camping. There’s even a cup-and-ring marked slab in a wall in front of one of the caravans (see link to BRAC below). Prehistory at your doorstep!

Sites within 20km of Mossyard

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