Scurdargue
Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Scurdargue
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkton Farmhouse; Balkinny
Canmore ID 17223
Site Number NJ42NE 8
NGR NJ 48 28
NGR Description NJ c. 48 28
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Rhynie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ42NE 8 c. 48 28.
Two cup-marked porphyritic stones found at the farm of Scurdargue, Rhynie, were removed to Kirkton farmhouse, Bunchrew, near Inverness. The cups are unusually large and basin-like and some are surrounded by shallow rings.
Both Callander (1935) and MacDonald (1891) refer to many cup-marked stones 'around Balkinny' and 'between Rhynie and the Cabrach' being found and many have been taken away.
W Jolly 1882; J MacDonald 1891; J G Callander 1935.
No further information could be obtained about these cup and ring-marked stones at Scurdargue, or at Kirkton, near Inverness (NH64NW 7).
Visited by OS (NKB) 2 October 1967.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 15 January 1997.
