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Have just checked and when looking along the line of the cursus in the opposite direction to the Samhain ,Imbolc orientation , the sun will rise just to the south of the prominent Deuchary Hill on the Beltane (May 1 )and Lughnasadh August 1 ) . This is not necessarily expected as it is due to the the differing heights of the horizon . What it does is double the likelihood of intentionality .

Found a couple of weeks ago , previously unrecorded .The site is on the northern side of Loch Tummel . It is approx a mile west of the more ornate Craig Balnabodach .The most obvious hills in view are Schiehallion and Farragon .

Removal of whins from the cursus and trees either side have given an improved view of the monument and possible orientation on North Ballo Hill . The declination is -15.8 and indicates where the sun would rise on the cross quarter days of Imbolc and Samhain whether this was intentional or mattered to the builders is open to debate .Originally considered to be a Roman vallum . It extends 2.3 k although it may originally been even longer .
RC dates from 1993 confirmed it being pre Roman giving a date of 3600 BC.
The building of the monument began at the NW with a sub circular burial mound ,subsequently an 80 m –long barrow was added to the SE. a bank on the same alignment as the barrow followed by realignment to the S.The monument was then constructed in segments with gaps in the bank and ditches breaking the monument into five sections.

A marked rock with 18 cup marks and a group of eight hut circles 500 metres away discovered yesterday , all previously unrecorded , in the lee of Schiehallion (hill in background).

Forecast was bright early on so decided to get some better pics of of two rocks discovered about 18 months ago . At the time the cups were not at all clear , particularly the markings on the horzontal face of one of the rocks , not a common feature . Managed to find another unrecorded one that I had missed previously ,before the sleet started . There are other recorded rocks in the area about 500 metres to the south .

Three new panels uncovered last week .

Four of seven new marked rocks discovered on Saturday ,they are spread over a stretch of 2 miles on the eastern side of Glen Goulandie which has no previous recorded marked rocks . Access is easiest from the Coshieville -Tummel Bridge road , if you can get parked then head up hill , the rocks are on the 350 m contour .If anyone needs better grid refs etc , do ask .

“New” marked rock discovered yesterday , 300 metres from main outcrop .

Two “new” panels today and one from last week .

A couple of months ago I found twelve or so unrecorded marked rocks in the Lurgan area , returning to check for more I came across a large outcrop that had recently been cleared of trees , resulting in a WW1 type landscape , mud and brash everywhere .It looked promising though and the finds piled up after clearing . To date there are at least eleven panels with over 230 cups and a great variety of motifs .