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Creag Liath
Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Creag Liath
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Braeval Farm; Craggie Burn
Canmore ID 288645
Site Number NH73NW 47
NGR NH 74076 39494
NGR Description NH c. 7407 3948
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288645
- Council Highland
- Parish Daviot And Dunlichity
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH73NW 47 c. 7407 3948
Scheduled as 'Braeval Farm, cupmarks 260m NNW of... a boulder bearing cupmarks... The visible part of the boulder protruding through the turf measures 3.5m from E to W by 2.7m transversely and is 0.5m high. The cupmarks are predominantly located on the N and W side of the boulder where the face of the boulder is relatively flat. It is situated in improved pasture 250m NNW of Braeval Farm at the foot of Creag Liath, overlooking the valley of the Craggie Burn.'
[No NGR specified: the attached map indicates a location at NH c. 7407 3948].
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 9 March 2007.
Note (26 November 2018)
Date Fieldwork Started: 26/11/2018
Compiled by: NOSAS
Location Notes: This panel can be found in an open field on a S facing spur of land which locally slopes gently SE and overlooks Craggie Burn to the SE, and the confluence of Craggie Burn with the River Nairn to the W. The railway passes along the S edge of the field. Dun Davie (Hillfort above Daviot, Canmore ID:14107) is just visible about 2km away to the W across the valley.
The site is accessible from the track which goes through Craggiemore Farm, past some cottages, and over the railway bridge. The surrounding area above the railway is forestry, some recently felled. The OS map marks a spring 150m E of the panel and hut circles across the valley to the S.
Panel Notes: The panel is a low outcrop of schist, about 3.5m across, rising up to 0.6m above the surrounding turf. The NE part is under turf and rubble. There are two exposed flat sections, on different levels, divided by a cracked area running S to N. The E (higher) section has 9 cups, generally along the S part of the outcrop. The W (lower) section has 3 clear dumbbells, a cup with a short groove, a short groove, and 25 cups. One of the cups is at the edge of a broken area which forms a possible channel. Some of the cups are deeply incised, others are relatively shallower and smaller.
