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Field Visit
Date July 1980
Event ID 1048461
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1048461
At various points outside the fort on the S and E, the rock outcrop bears pecked markings of prehistoric date: a flat outcrop at the base of the rocky massif on the S (f) bears a cup-marking, which measures 150mm in diameter and 50mm in depth; on a flat rock surface (g) a little o the E of the entrance there is a rather more oval cup-marking, 80mm by 70mm and 40mm deep; on an outcrop 40m to the ENE of g and a little to the NNW of the modern entrance wicket-gate, there is a third cup measuring 70mm in diameter and 20mm in depth within an oval ‘ring’ 380mm by 320mm overall and up to 50mm broad.
RCAHMS 1988, visited July 1980
[see RCAHMS 1988, fig. 153A for location of f and g]
