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Archaeology Notes

Date  - 1977

Event ID 698117

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/698117

NR89NW 13 8312 9696.

(NR 8312 9697) Cup and ring marked rock. The surface bearing the principal sculptures is 10' square, and within a radius of 12 yds are two or three isolated patches of rock with a few cups and rings. (Information from G E Livock, July 1940)

J R Allen 1882; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964

There are three flat rocks within a fenced area.

'A' measures 8.9m x 2.2m and is as illustrated.

'B' measures 1.8m in diameter and bears 6 cups and 1 cup and ring.

'C' measures 2.4m x 1.7m and bears 1 cup and 1 cup and ring.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (IA) 2 May 1973

'A' bears approx 80 cup and 20 cup-and-ring marks and 'B' bears 7 cups. The ring mentioned by OS (IA) was not evident.

Surveyed at 1/10,000.

Visited by OS (TRG) 1 April 1977

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