Strath Sgitheach Cnoc A' Mhuilinn 4
Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Strath Sgitheach Cnoc A' Mhuilinn 4
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 368649
Site Number NH56SW 79
NGR NH 51456 62474
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/368649
- Council Highland
- Parish Fodderty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (13 September 1973)
Within the settlement [NH56SW 11] and centred at NH 5150 6255 are six cup marked rocks (marked 1 - 6 on 6" plan)
1: Has 1 good cup mark and 2 possible cup marks. [see NH56SW 73]
2: Has 2 good cup marks and 2 possible cup marks. [see NH56SW 77]
3: At least 6 cup marks, but there is the slight possibility that they could be due to weathering. [see NH56SW 78]
4: Has 14 good cup marks. [see NH56SW 79]
5: Has 8 good cup marks. [see NH56SW 80]
6: Has 4 good, and 1 probable, cup marks. [see NH56SW 81]
Surveyed at 1:10560.
Visited by OS (I S S) 13 September 1973.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Strath Sgitheach 1 NH 515 625 NH56SW 11
This group of six cup-marked boulders stands within an area of unenclosed settlement [see NH56SW 11].
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
Note (29 March 2019)
[Formerly recorded under NH56SW 11, discovered by OS (ISS) 1973]
Date Fieldwork Started: 29/03/2019
Compiled by: NOSAS
Location Notes: The site lies within a conifer and deciduous plantation planted about 20 years ago on the S facing slope of Cioch Mhor overlooking Strath Sgitheach and the Cromarty Firth. The area immediately around the panel has been planted with deciduous trees just S (20m) of a block of conifer trees. There is an open area to the S and E and a high (1m) bank to the W. To the N of the plantation there is a Scheduled Monument (SM 10495 Strath Sgitheach, Settlement), NW of Cnoc A'Mhuilinn. The SM includes a number of cup marked panels and hut circles and field systems. The site is recorded on the HER along with the other rock art and hut circles in the area as MHG 8928.
Panel Notes: The panel was covered with moss which was replaced after recording the panel. This is a free standing boulder 1.2m by 1m and 0.4m high located immediately beside an alder tree. The panel has a N facing slope of 25 degrees and is schist with some natural hollows. There are 14 cup marks scattered across the upper face of the boulder with the S-most and NW-most cups on the edge of the top of the boulder.
