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<< Our Photo Pages >> North Balfern Cup and Rings - Rock Art in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 22 December 2002  Page Views: 5988

Rock ArtSite Name: North Balfern Cup and Rings
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Wigtown  Nearest Village: Kirkinner
Map Ref: NX43375098  Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.829093N  Longitude: 4.439896W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
3 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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MDunbar visited on 16th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Easily found and the outcrops are visible from the road. Parking a bit tricky. Hop over the gate opposite the larger, stone house on the right hand side of the road (when facing downhill). The outcrops are about 20 yards away, across a muddy field.

North Balfern Cup and Rings
North Balfern Cup and Rings submitted by MDunbar : Easily found. Jump over gate opposite the large house halfway down the hill and the outcrops are clearly visible (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Dumfries & Galloway

For more information on this prehistoric cup and ring marked rock see Canmore ID 63417 which says: "The RCAHMS describe cup-and-ring markings carved on "an exposed rock with a smooth surface 15' by 4', exposed for a distance of 9'9""200 yds WNW of N Balfern farmhouse. The N end of a low rocky ridge, on which the ground in uncultivated, lies to the W, and may assist in locating it. The marks occur in two main groups, and vary from cups with five rings to simple cups ..... Worthy of note is a funnel shaped device not previously noticed. It is situated near the SW edge and measures 10cm by 8cm. It is 5cm deep and is perforated at its bottom by a small hole. There also are two ringmarks with no central cup, an oval one which is connected by a set of two parallel grooves to a cup and one ring (compare with Blairbuy 2)."
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NX4350 : Cup & Ring marked stone, North Balfern, Kirkinner by Bob Embleton
by Bob Embleton
©2012(licence)
NX4350 : Cup & Ring detail, North Balfern, Kirkinner by Bob Embleton
by Bob Embleton
©2012(licence)
NX4350 : North Balfern by Andy Farrington
by Andy Farrington
©2010(licence)
NX4351 : Barn Park by Andy Farrington
by Andy Farrington
©2010(licence)
NX4350 : North Balfern by Andy Farrington
by Andy Farrington
©2010(licence)

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