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Rock ArtSite Name: North Balfern Cup and RingsCountry: 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:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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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.
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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