Strath Sgitheach Farmstead
Cup Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Strath Sgitheach Farmstead
Classification Cup Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 12948
Site Number NH56SW 36
NGR NH 53199 63812
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12948
- Council Highland
- Parish Dingwall
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH56SW 36 5320 6381
The rock outcrop at this spot has 7 good cup-marks and presumably others are obscured by the large modern clearance heap which covers much of the outcrop.
Visited June 1989.
Information from S T Driscoll and S M Foster (Mss, 7, No. 8.1.) 1989.
Project (June 1989)
Pre-afforestation archaeological survey undertaken in Strath Sgitheach, funded by HBM SDD.
S T Driscoll and S M Foster, 1989.
Note (7 August 2018)
Date Fieldwork Started: 07/08/2018
Compiled by: NOSAS
Location Notes: The outcrop which faces E is in a prominent mound of moss and grass covered stones, and is near the western end of an enclosure around a ruined farmstead.
Panel Notes: The exposed part of the panel is an outcrop of schist about 0.7m high and roughly triangular at the top. At the NW edge of the top (carved surface) are four cups in a gentle arc. Towards the S edge is a row of three larger, deeper and very clearly defined cups.
