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Latitude: 55.6962 / 55°41'46"N
Longitude: -4.8161 / 4°48'57"W
OS Eastings: 223110
OS Northings: 648346
OS Grid: NS231483
Mapcode National: GBR 32.G46F
Mapcode Global: WH2NM.Z3S0
Entry Name: Blackshaw Quarry,cup & ring marked rock 320m S of
Scheduled Date: 22 July 1987
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4429
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art
Location: West Kilbride
County: North Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Dalry and West Kilbride
Traditional County: Ayrshire
The monument is a flat outcrop of rock, decorated with cup and ring markings. The decoration on the rock comprises about 300 cups, 40 'half cups', 27 cups with one ring, 11 cups with two rings, 3 cups with three rings and 3 spirals. Some rings are gapped, with a redial groove from the cup. The greatest ring diameters and the greatest depth of carving are 28cm and 5cm respectively.
An area measuring 20m square, lying on the dyke which runs immediately S of the outcrop, is proposed for scheduling; to the S of the dyke an area 20m (E-W) x 5m (N-S) is proposed, to include a further area of outcrop on which at least 2 cup marks survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance to the theme of prehistoric rock art. It is one of the most complex and one of the best preserved cup and ring marked outcrops in SW Scotland.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the site as NS 24 NW 19.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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