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Ormaig 4
Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Ormaig 4
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 368608
Site Number NM80SW 225
NGR NM 82222 02098
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/368608
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmartin
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Note (23 July 2019)
Date Fieldwork Started: 23/07/2019
Compiled by: Ulterior Motifs
Location Notes: Ormaig 4 lies in it's original context within the landscape at NM 82222 02698. The panel is the N most and highest of Ormaig 1, 2, 3 and 4. It lies on a hillside with a SW aspect in felled forestry. Ormaig 3 is 2m to the S, Ormaig 2 is 1m SE and Ormaig 1 is 12m S. The panel has extensive views over Loch Craignish to the NNW. The panels at Ormaig are accessible within a 5 minute walk from the road up the side of a small burn. There is a small sign with an interpretation panel at the roadside.
Panel Notes: Ormaig 4 is situated on a steep slope with a SW aspect. It is the most NE of the 4 panels at Ormaig, and the highest. The rock is schist with a dimensions of 3.2m by 2.3m and a maximum height of 0.1m. The panel motifs are 9 small cupmarks, 2 large cupmarks with partial rings and one motif of 2 cupmarks joined by a small groove.
