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Aberfeldy
Cup Marked Rock (Prehistoric)
Site Name Aberfeldy
Classification Cup Marked Rock (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Moness Stone
Canmore ID 25605
Site Number NN84NE 4
NGR NN 8573 4884
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25605
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Dull
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN84NE 4 8573 4884
(NN 8569 4896) Cup marked rock with 22 cups. Situated in the field known as the croft of the church.
Information from M E C Stewart to OS, 15 December 1964.
The outcrop is situated beside the fence in a field above a bungalow, Hazelyn, in Moness Crescent, Aberfeldy.
Breadalbane Archaeol Soc 1964.
This outcrop, at NN 8573 4884, is a partially turf-covered slab of stone measuring 0.9m x 0.6m. On its upper surface are at least 15 cup marks.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J B) 11 February 1975.
Cup-marked stone NN 857 488 A watching brief was carried out during the relocation of the Moness cup-marked stone (NN84NE 4) in September 2005. The stone was moved to secure long-term preservation outwith the new Moness housing estate, while using the opportunity to interpret the stone for the public. A 20th-century brick was discovered beneath the stone, indicating that the stone was not in its original position.
The 1st edition OS map depicts a sub-circular mound, probably a designed landscape feature relating to Moness House, at the site of the cup-marked stone, but evaluation of this in 2004 (DES 2004, 102) revealed that only 19th/20th-century rubble survived. It is possible that the stone was moved to this site to be incorporated as a garden feature of Moness House. The stone has been temporarily located at NN 855 486.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS.
Sponsor: Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust.
D Strachan and S Winlow 2005
