Islay, Heatherhouse
Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Islay, Heatherhouse
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 156875
Site Number NR46NW 79
NGR NR 4107 6725
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/156875
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR46NW 79 421 697
NR 421 697 A spring now rises some distance downslope from an outcrop of Port Askaig Tillite with a ?natural arrangement of two orthostatic stones forming a niche containing a recently planted hawthorn replacing an old one. The southerly of the two orthostatic stones, 1.78m in height, has a series of 15 small cup marks on it, varying in diameter from 70mm to 35mm with a depth of about 15mm.
D H Caldwell, R McWee and N A Ruckley 1999
