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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38886
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killean And Kilchenzie
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
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.
