Publication photograph; cup-and-ring markings, Kilmichael Glassary, view from east.
SC 375329
Description Publication photograph; cup-and-ring markings, Kilmichael Glassary, view from east.
Date 1985
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 375329
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 36673
Scope and Content Cup-and-ring markings at Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll and Bute In the village of Kilmichael Glassary are two groups of cup-and-ring markings, carved into outcrops of rock. It appears that more markings are concealed beneath overlying turf and tree roots. Immediately to the north-west of the carvings, in the fenced enclosure, lies this extension of the rock sheet. Numerous plain cupmarks and five cupmarks with single rings adorn the exposed rock. The Kilmartin area has some of the best examples of later Neolithic and Bronze Age rock-art (particularly cup-and-ring marks) in Scotland. Similar rock-art occurs in north-western Spain, Brittany and Ireland. Why people carved them remains unclear. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference Inv. p115 B
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