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Ardifuir 12

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Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Site Name Ardifuir 12

Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Canmore ID 39146

Site Number NR79NE 25

NGR NR 78931 96806

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Digital photograph of close ups of motifs, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute
Digital photograph of close ups of motifs, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeScanned image of rock art panel sketch, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeSnapshot of 3D model, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of panel before cleaning, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of panel to east, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeArdifuir 12, NR79NE 25, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoSnapshot of 3D model, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of panel in context without scale, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of panel, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of close ups of motifs, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of panel in context with scale, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of panel to south, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of panel in context with scale, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeSnapshot of 3D model, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of close ups of motifs, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of close ups of motifs, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeScanned image of rock art location sketch, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 1-9 and 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of close ups of motifs, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of close ups of motifs, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of panel to west, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeScanned image of rock art location sketch, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeSnapshot of 3D model, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of close ups of motifs, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of panel in context without scale, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and ButeDigital photograph of panel to north, Scotland's Rock Art Project, Ardifuir 12, Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute

Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kilmartin
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NR79NE 25 7892 9678

NR 788 968 About 100m SW of Ardifuir farmhouse is an outcrop ridge with at least four cupmarks.

M van Hoek 1987.

NR 7892 9678: 4 cups enclosed by 2 rings each; 28 cups enclosed by I ring each; plus between 227-250 solo cups on long ridge outcrop in front (westwards) of the house, which was temporarily bared of a large amount of rubble from field-clearance and a covering of turf.

Sponsor: Keltic Research Society.

Naddair, McLardy and McLardy 1994.

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Note (18 November 2019)

Scotland’s Rock Art Project

Date Fieldwork Started: 18/11/2019

Compiled by: Kilmartin

Location Notes: The panel is a large schist outcrop situated in rough grazing on a gently sloping S facing slope about 100m SW of Ardifuir Farm House and 200m from the sea. There are clear views to the S and SW down the Sound of Jura.

Panel Notes: This long whale-backed ridge of outcropping schist measures approximately 13 x 5m, with its long axis running roughly NE/SW. It rises to a maximum height of 1.5m and slopes gently to the SW along its length. The panel, which was considerably turfed over, has numerous cracks, fissures and natural pitting on its surface. The carvings are concentrated mainly in the northern half of the panel, along its ridge: the N-most section of the panel bears at least 13 cupmarks, 6 cups with single rings, 1 cup with partial ring, and 1 cup with single ring and radial. The section to the S of this comprises at least 28 cupmarks, often arranged in lines or clusters including as possible rosette, 2 cups with single rings, 2 cups with single rings and radials, and 1 cup with 2 rings, the outer ring being partial. The central section of the panel features at least 26 cupmarks, 2 cups with single rings, 1 cup with single ring and radial, and 2 cups with double rings. The S-most half of the panel bears at least 12 cupmarks, 1 of which may have a single or partial ring.

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