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<< Our Photo Pages >> Blacktop - Rock Art in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by cosmic on Sunday, 19 February 2006  Page Views: 7452

Rock ArtSite Name: Blacktop
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Aberdeen  Nearest Village: Bieldside
Map Ref: NJ85900455
Latitude: 57.131646N  Longitude: 2.234558W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Blacktop
Blacktop submitted by cosmic : Side on from SE. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cup and Ring marks / Rock Art in Aberdeenshire

This cup marked boulder sits some 20m in front of the new farmhouse to the west of the approach road. The cup marks are barely distinguishable although there are many as 36 of them. Seven are reportedly surrounded by ring marks but I failed to spot any.

Ritchie, J (1918 )
'Cup-marks on the stone circles and standing-stones of Aberdeenshire and part of Banffshire',
Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 52, 1917-18, 108-10
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Blacktop
Blacktop submitted by hamilton : Here's a face-on view of the Black Top boulder, again showing the cup marks to advantage in the oblique lighting. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Blacktop
Blacktop submitted by hamilton : Seeing the cup marks is all down to the light. Here, on a sunny afternoon, with the sun to the south of this east-facing boulder, the cupmarks show up beautifully. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Blacktop
Blacktop submitted by cosmic : Blacktop from approach road to farm. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Blacktop
Blacktop submitted by cosmic : Side on from NE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Blacktop
Blacktop submitted by cosmic : Blacktop straight on.

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 2.2km S 190° Binghill* Stone Circle (NJ85520237)
 2.6km NNW 342° West Hatton* Chambered Cairn (NJ851070)
 3.0km SE 126° Bieldside* Cairn (NJ88340280)
 3.6km ESE 107° Friarsfield* Stone Circle (NJ894035)
 5.2km NW 322° South Auchinclech* Standing Stones (NJ827087)
 5.5km W 276° Woods of Cairnie Round Barrow(s) (NJ804051)
 6.0km WNW 288° Gask Stone Circle* Stone Circle (NJ80170639)
 6.0km ESE 112° Dunnicaer 1* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NJ91500232)
 6.4km ESE 110° Tollohill* Ring Cairn (NJ91950235)
 6.7km N 5° Holy Well (Chapel of Stonyewood)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NJ865112)
 6.8km NW 311° Burnhead* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NJ808090)
 7.1km W 281° Garlogie Wood Ancient Village or Settlement (NJ789059)
 7.1km NNW 330° Tertowie* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NJ823107)
 7.1km S 189° Standingstones* Standing Stones (NO847975)
 7.3km ENE 59° Lang Stane (Aberdeen)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NJ922083)
 7.4km NNE 12° Dyce Stones* Standing Stones (NJ87481175)
 7.4km W 268° Cullerlie* Stone Circle (NJ7851104275)
 7.5km SSE 167° Craigentath Ancient Village or Settlement (NO876972)
 7.7km NW 310° Drumstone Ring Ditch Ancient Village or Settlement (NJ800096)
 7.8km S 171° East Crossley Ancient Village or Settlement (NO871968)
 7.9km NW 314° Drum Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (NJ802100)
 8.0km E 80° The Langstane* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NJ93770597)
 8.2km SSE 158° Auchlee Circle* Stone Circle (NO890969)
 8.3km SSE 156° Auchlee Cairn* Ring Cairn (NO893970)
 8.5km SE 146° Cairnwell* Stone Circle (NO90649750)
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