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Fincharn 4

Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)

Site Name Fincharn 4

Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 23149

Site Number NM90SW 6

NGR NM 90710 04330

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kilmichael Glassary
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

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Field Visit (May 1983)

NM90SW 6 9071 0433.

This group of cup-and-ring markings lies on a gently sloping rock outcrop at the NE end of a ridge about 50m NE of the former shepherd's cottage at Fincharn. The decoration comprises: a cup with two rings; a cup with a gutter and one and a half rings; and a cup with a gutter and a single ring.

RCAHMS 1988, visited by RCAHMS May 1983.

(Petzsch 1973, 13; Morris 1977, 77-8)

Note (17 July 2019)

Date Fieldwork Started: 17/07/2019

Compiled by: Leac

Location Notes: This panel was not located and is likely to be covered in thick turf. The cottage known as Fincharn Cottage is presumably the Shepherds cottage mentioned in the previous description.

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