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Ballure

Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Ballure

Classification Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 38886

Site Number NR74NW 2

NGR NR 7112 4892

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Killean And Kilchenzie
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NR74NW 2 7112 4892

(NR 7113 4892) A cup-marked boulder 0.86m by 0.31m by 0.71m high, is incorporated in the south side of the doorway of the ruined Drumnavow. It bears at least twenty-five cups on its north face.

RCAHMS 1971; Information from D Colville to OS, 1953 and from RCAHMS 6" map.

This cup marked boulder is as described by RCAHMS.

Surveyed at 1:10 000.

Visited by OS (J B) 16 December 1977.

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