Archaeology Notes

Event ID 696762

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR89NW 52 8126 9636

See also NR89NW 53.

(NR 812 963) A rock outcrop at the edge of the wood, below the drive, 220 yards SSW of Poltalloch is sculptured with cup and ring markings. The rock, which slopes NE, measures 15' x 12', and the figures include 34 cups, having from 1-5 rings, and a number of cups without rings.

J H Craw 1930; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.

NR 8127 9636. An excellent example of cup and ring markings as described.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (JP), 1 May 1973.

NR 8127 9637. Generally as described in the previous information, although many of the markings are now obscured by a growth of moss. Surveyed at 1/10,000.

Visited by OS (TRG), 12 April 1977.