Balvraid
Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Balvraid
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 11794
Site Number NG81NW 3
NGR NG 8496 1635
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Glenelg (Skye And Lochalsh)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG81NW 3 8496 1635.
(NG 8496 1635) Cup Marked Stone (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1902)
A prostrate stone, over 6' long, is covered with cup-markings. Still in 'mint' condition.
J R Allen 1882; J Y Simpson 1868; Information in letter from J Gaylard to OS 5 January 1956.
Generally as described; cup marks are faint.
Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (R L) 3 October 1966.
There is a similar flat stone bearing two cup marks c. 20.0m E of the other, on the S side of the track.
Visited by OS (A A) 27 June 1974.
