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Strath Sgitheach Allt Na Criche 6
Cup Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Strath Sgitheach Allt Na Criche 6
Classification Cup Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 368638
Site Number NH56SW 68
NGR NH 52014 63003
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/368638
- Council Highland
- Parish Dingwall
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Note (8 July 2018)
Date Fieldwork Started: 08/07/2018
Compiled by: NOSAS
Location Notes: This panel is on a S facing sloping hillside with has extensive views S, above a long hollow, possibly an old stream bed. It is located 100m E of a track to the col before Cioch Mhor, and 800m from the river Sgitheach. Another panel is 100m to the west , and field systems are 1000m west. It is part of a group of cup-marked stones recorded as Canmore 12923.
Panel Notes: This panel is a low-lying irregular, elongated shaped outcrop of hard and medium grained metamorphic mica schist, measuring approximately 1.7m x 0.7 m, and almost flush with the ground. The upper surface is smooth and almost flat, sloping very gently to the S. There are 7 cups, 6 of which form a distinct linear alignment along the long axis of the rock, leading to its N edge.
