Appin House
Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Appin House
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 25637
Site Number NN84NW 27
NGR NN 8040 4900
NGR Description NN 8034 4915, 8040 4900, 80579 49054, 80457 49011
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Dull
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN84NW 27 804 493.
NN 804 493. In the field to the W of Dull school-house is a large outcrop on the N face of which is one cup mark 2" in diameter. Near it is a stone measuring 7' x 4' on which there are two cup marks, the larger having a diameter of 4". On a coping stone in a wall of the school-house are two small cup marks.
Breadalbane Archaeol Soc 1968.
This cup marked outcrop is at NN 8034 4915. It is 3.5m x 2.3m x 1.7m with the cup mark near the NE corner on the vertical N face 0.5m from the ground. Four metres N is a flat boulder with two cups on its level upper face. Another large outcrop 160m SSE at NN 8040 4900 bears two cup marks on its upper face. The alleged cups on the stone at the schoolhouse are not cup markings. The stone is lying in a rockery.
Surveyed at 1:10,000
Visited by OS (J B) 4 December 1974.
No change to the previous report
Surveyed at 1:2500
Visited by OS (J R L) 4 December 1978.
In same field as NN84NW 27: NN 80579 49054 DU1. Flat rock, bearing two basins: 24 x 17cm and 16 x 10cm.
NN 80457 49011 DU2. Flat outcrop in reeds, 22m SW of DU1;two cups: 50 x 18mm and 45 x 15mm. Five ill-defined ?cups on same surface.
G Currie 2005
