A part of the outcrop at Achanarnich. The photo was taken on 11th May 2009. More photos of this site are on BRAC (see link).
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The small outcrop almost completely covered with a cup and six rings of which the outer two continue on the S slope, an uncommon feature in British rock art.
The photo was taken in May 2008.
Horse-head in the hoof print.
This is, in my view, pure art; the head of an horse captured in a hoof shape, yet open to the rock face.
The incised line on the front side of the head, the S-shaped line from the eye and the delicate lines of the ears are in shrill contrast with the boldly pocked heart-shaped outline.
As always in rock art, more questions than answers:
- Is it a veal still in the mother’s uterus?
- Is it not only a head but a full horse (with her body to the left) who’s drinking?
- Is it a horse which lies on the side waiting to give birth?
- Is it the final piece of art after some try-outs?
Maybe its better to ignore the questions and just enjoy!
The stone is in the lower left corner of the photo with Humbleton Hill in the background.
The stone, probably not in situ, alongside the stream of time.
View over panel-1 -also known as Scrainwood Quarry- to the SE with the sacred Simonside Hill in the far background.
From PSAS 6, 1864-6, plate V, fig. 3
Image credit: Litho by Mr Ritchie for Sir James Y. Simpson
NX55NE 53; a very faint cup with three rings on an “unremarkable” boulder south of the ruin of Upper Newton Farm (May 2005).
NX55NE 53; a very faint cup with three rings on an “unremarkable” boulder south of the ruin of Upper Newton Farm (May 2005).
Here’s a photo of the stones by Maarten van Hoek, probably taken in the 1980-90s.
Image credit: Maarten van Hoek
With regard to the moss coverage of this site as encountered by Hob: this pic was taken in August 1998. It was at the end of a wet (national!) summer. The pics uploaded in September 2003 were actually taken in May 2002 after a very dry and hot period. So when you go there next year under the same conditions as we had in 2002, you might see (and take!) a complete different picture of this amazing site with the rare star-like motifs.
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