Eilean Mor, Saint Cormac's Cave 1
Rock Carving (Early Medieval)
Site Name Eilean Mor, Saint Cormac's Cave 1
Classification Rock Carving (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 319784
Site Number NR67NE 6.01
NGR NR 6658 7504
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/319784
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish South Knapdale
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (August 1984)
(1) Hexafoil within a circle 0.28m in diameter, incised on a 69Bsmooth vertical rock-face. The surface is worn in places, but many of the pock-marks forming the oval grooves of which the carving is composed are clearly visible. The ring, like the 'petals', comprises individual grooves, most of them shallow but with some attempt to form sloping sides. They do not meet either at the outer ends of the petals or at the centre, but there are small marker-holes spanning some of the gaps at the perimeter, and a possible similar hole at the centre. This carving may be of 6th- or 7th-century date.
RCAHMS 1992, visited August 1984
Reference (2001)
Notes (1) Hexafoil within a circle 0.28m in diameter, incised on a smooth vertical cave-wall. The ring, like the 'petals', is composed of separate pocked grooves with some attempt to form sloping sides. There are small marker-holes spanning some of the gaps at the perimeter.
I Fisher 2001
