Cup-and-ring markings, Achnabreck 2, from S
SC 375337
Description Cup-and-ring markings, Achnabreck 2, from S
Date 1986
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 375337
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 36653
Scope and Content Cup-and-ring markings at Achnabreck, Argyll and Bute To the north of Achnabreck farmhouse can be found some of the most elaborate and extensive cup-and-ring carvings in Scotland. The carvings are in three groups, the largest group being spread across three separate sheets of exposed rock. This group of markings, situated in a forestry plantation 150m to the east of the largest set, is a mixture of multi-ringed cupmarks, 'gutters' as well as plain cupmarks. Some of the cup-and-ring marks have as many as six rings. Broadly similar Neolithic rock-art appears in north-west Spain, Brittany and Ireland. The purpose of these carvings remains uncertain. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference inv. fig. 99
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