Archaeology Notes

Event ID 694700

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR26SW 8 2043 6010

See also NR26SW 6.

(NR 2043 6010) A cup marked and perforated slab lies in rough grass 20yds WSW of St Ciaron's Chapel (NR26SW 6) and 20yds N of the road. The slab is of schist 6ft by 3ft with a thickness of 6ins exposed, the rest being buried. Graham noted 22 cups in 1895 but only 18 are now visible, 6 1/2 ins in maximum diameter and 4 ins deep, clearly man-made but some having vertical sides. Two cups have penetrated the slab completely. The local tradition is that church-goers turned a pestel in any cup-mark

and wished. The constant turning wore the cups, in some cases right through the stone.

R W B Morris 1969; Information from R W B Morris Ts.

The slab bears at least 19 large cups one of which has penetrated the stone. There is also a circular performation.

Information from RCAHMS, visited June 1975.

A cup-marked slab, flush with ground, and as described.

Surveyed at 1:2500 (See NR26SW 10 for mention of the 'wishing ceremony').

Visited by OS (B S) 4 May 1978.