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Islay, Rhuvaal Lighthouse
Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Islay, Rhuvaal Lighthouse
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Ruvaal Lighthouse
Canmore ID 38154
Site Number NR47NW 3
NGR NR 425 790
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38154
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (June 1980)
NR47NW 3 425 790
Situated about 130m SSW of Ruvaal Lighthouse (NR47NW 4) there is a natural boulder measuring 1.1m by 0.8m and rising 0.4m above ground level. Its upper surface bears at least twenty small circular depressions, of which at least some may be of artificial origin.
RCAHMS 1984, visited June 1980
