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Craigentaggart

Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Craigentaggart

Classification Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 22964

Site Number NM82SE 9

NGR NM 899 236

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kilmore And Kilbride
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NM82SE 9 899 236.

Isolated boulder SE of farmhouse, about 240m OD. A ring about 130mm in diameter encloses two cups. The larger is central and about 25mm in diameter and 10mm in depth. In good light a concentric outer ring can be seen, varying in diameter between 1.10m and 1.17m. A second boulder, 50m S and uphill, has a cup 20mm in diameter and 20mm deep, joined by a radial groove to a 100mm diameter ring, with an irregular gapped outer ring about 0.45m in diameter.

J Bailey, C Hunter and M Kay 1982.

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