Kilmahumaig 1
Garden Wall (Post Medieval), Rock Carving (Period Unknown), Rock Cut Bowl (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kilmahumaig 1
Classification Garden Wall (Post Medieval), Rock Carving (Period Unknown), Rock Cut Bowl (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 39186
Site Number NR79SE 33
NGR NR 78825 93750
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39186
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Knapdale
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR79SE 33 787 937.
On a newly exposed rock outcrop in the garden of Kilmahumaig House, an oval rock-cut basin has a rounded bottom, and the rim is not level as the SE facing rock-surface is uneven. c.30m SE there is a possible cup-mark, and c.10m on either side of the basin there are small (1cm diameter) holes, in the SE of which a small piece of iron survives. The basin is close to the NE-SW boundary wall and the rock sheet appears to run under this, but no additional features have been found on the continuation so far uncovered.
M Murray and M Murray 1986.
Note (18 July 2019)
Date Fieldwork Started: 18/07/2019
Compiled by: BÃ rr
Location Notes: Kilmahumaig 1 is located within the private grounds of Kilmahumaig house, in a residential garden. It has been incorporated into a stone wall dyke.
Panel Notes: This panel is a small roughly rectangular stone measuring 1.1 x 0.7m, and 0.7m high. Its N side has a stone wall built over it. Relatively centrally, a little to the north on the panel is a large rock cut basin, approximately 25cm diameter and 16cm in depth, with a very smooth surface, with some visible peck marks at the bottom of the basin. The rest of the rock has a consistently hard smooth surface of medium grained schist. There is a possible cupmark on the NE corner of the panel, though the rough surface makes this uncertain.
