Gleann Beag
Cup Marked Rock (Prehistoric)(Possible), Knocking Stone (Medieval) - (18th Century)
Site Name Gleann Beag
Classification Cup Marked Rock (Prehistoric)(Possible), Knocking Stone (Medieval) - (18th Century)
Canmore ID 23597
Site Number NN10NE 1
NGR NN 1743 0633
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23597
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Lochgoilhead And Kilmorich
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN10NE 1 1743 0633.
NN 174 062: There are 7 shallow cups and a 'basin', all possibly natural, on a boulder, 9' x 6' x 0.3', situated 105 yds S of sheepfold, 25 yds N of ruined village.
R W B Morris 1969; Information from R W B Morris Ms.
NN 1741 0634: Most of these cups are probably genuine. The basin is a 'knocking stone' associated with the depopulated steading at NN 174 063.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (D W R) 5 March 1973.
Field Visit (April 1986)
The last slab (of three, see also NN10NE 4) lies about 40m NW of NN10NE 4 and immediately S of a ruined building; on its upper surface there is a barley-husking mortar and nine cupmark-like depressions which may be of comparatively recent date (Morris 1969).
Visited April 1986
RCAHMS 1988
