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Loch Benachally
Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Loch Benachally
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 27367
Site Number NO05SE 10
NGR NO 0751 5036
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27367
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Clunie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (6 February 1975)
NO05SE 10 0750 5035
NO 0750 5035. A flat triangular boulder with sides measuring 1.5m x 1.5m x 1.0m and bearing seventeen cups varying from 4 cms to 11 cms in diameter and from 1 cm to 3 cms deep.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 6 February 1975
Field Visit (13 July 1987)
This triangular-shaped boulder, or section of worn bedrock, which measures 1.1m NW-SE by 1.3m, is situated on a ridge overlooking Loch Benachally. The flat-top of the boulder is almost flush with the ground and bears at least sixteen cup-marks measuring up to 100mm in diameter and 20mm in depth. The largest of the cups has vestiges of a 190mm diameter ring whilst another displays the remains of a 120mm diameter ring and a channel; a third cup has a simple channel.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 13 July 1987.
RCAHMS 1990.
