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Culnakirk
Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Culnakirk
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 12340
Site Number NH43SE 3
NGR NH 49865 31069
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12340
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH43SE 3 49866 31076
NH 4987 3107: There is a cup-marked stone, imbedded in the ground about 58 yards west of'Clachmor' (NH43SE 2) There are 5 cups,all 2 1/2-3" in diameter, on its exposed level surface.
W Jolly 1882
Only two cup marks 2 1/2" to 3" in diameter can be seen on this stone at NH 4987 3107, which is deeply embedded in the ground and partly covered by turf.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 3 December 1964
Field Visit (17 September 1943)
This site was recorded as part of the RCAHMS Emergency Survey, undertaken by Angus Graham and Vere Gordon Childe during World War 2. The project archive has been catalogued during 2013-2014 and the material, which includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, plans and photographs, is now available online.
Information from RCAHMS (GF Geddes) 4 December 2014.
Field Visit (23 September 1997)
NH43SE 3 49866 31076
There are two plain cup-markings, measuring up to 70mm by 10mm, on the upper surface of what is probably an erratic boulder, which lies in the corner of a pasture field immediately E of the track to Culnakirk.
Visited by RCAHMS (JBS) 23 September 1997
Field Visit (5 August 2008 - 28 August 2008)
NH 51144 38388 to NH 49873 30900 Work was undertaken, 5–28 August 2008, to assess the potential impact of a new overhead electricity line between Ardendrain and Culnakirk. 34 sites were identified. The following sites of note were recorded:
Culnakirk cup-marked stone (NH43SE 3) Recorded in 1882 as being marked on its exposed face with five circular depressions, all c60 x 75mm in diameter. It was recorded in 1964 as being deeply embedded in the ground. During survey in 2008 it could not be located, suggesting that it may have been moved.
Archive: HAS
Cait McCullagh – Highland Archaeology Services Ltd
Note (13 August 2020)
Date Fieldwork Started: 13/08/2020
Compiled by: NOSAS
Location Notes: The panel is an erratic boulder situated just beside and to the N of the entrance to Clachmhor, a house to the E of the minor road to Culnakirk Farm. The panel lies on the SSE facing slope overlooking the River Enrick very near where it enters Loch Ness to the E. There are several small trees on the verge of the road beside the panel, including one about 1m to the W and another 3m to the N, and a post and wire fence lies to the NE. There is a second cup marked panel in the field about 80m to the NE called the Clachmhor stone, which is a scheduled monument. There are a number of prehistoric sites in the area, a Clava type cairn to the W, hut circles lie to the N and the multiperiod site of Garbeg is about 1km to the E.
Panel Notes: This is a large boulder of gneiss measuring 2.9 x 1.1m and up to 0.4m above of the grass of the verge. The boulder extends about 0.2m into the tarmac of the drive. On the day of the visit the grass around the boulder had been strimmed and the site appeared cared for. The owner of the nearby house knew of its presence. There is 1 very clear cupmark and another 6 cupmarks, with a further 2 possible cupmarks on the boulder. The deeper, more visible cup, along with 3 others lie in a possibly natural channel which runs NW-SE along the centre of the boulder. There are 2 prominent quartz inclusions running NW-SE either side of the channel. There is a single cup mark on the SW side of the boulder.
