Bute, Scarrel 1
Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Bute, Scarrel 1
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 40323
Site Number NS06NW 16
NGR NS 02328 66791
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40323
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS06NW 16 02321 66795.
Scarrel Area NS/023667 – 670 – 017 – 021 – 675 – 6
8 cup marked stones scattered widely on hilly ground. 1 with 2 faint cup and rings. 1 and 2 are near Scarrel farm house, others on rough ground and moor up to about 150m towards Eanass Hill. Scarrel 1, found by Dan Boag in 1984. Three small cups. On boulder across the road from the old farm house. Probably not the original position.
D N Marshall 1985
This cup marked stone, which is situated immediately SW of Scarrel farmsteading (NS06NW 62), is a rounded boulder measuring 1.1m from NW to SE by 0.9m transversely and 0.5m in thickness. A cluster of three cup marks, the largest measuring about 40mm diameter and 4mm in depth, is visible on its present SW face.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, PM) 19 May 2009.
Field Visit (1984)
Reference (1985)
Scarrel Area NS/023667 – 670 – 017 – 021 – 675 – 6
8 cup marked stones scattered widely on hilly ground. 1 with 2 faint cup and rings. 1 and 2 are near Scarrel farm house, others on rough ground and moor up to about 150m towards Eanass Hill. Scarrel 1, found by Dan Boag in 1984. Three small cups. On boulder across the road from the old farm house. Probably not the original position.
D N Marshall 1985
Field Visit (19 May 2009)
This cup marked stone, which is situated immediately SW of Scarrel farmsteading (NS06NW 62), is a rounded boulder measuring 1.1m from NW to SE by 0.9m transversely and 0.5m in thickness. A cluster of three cup marks, the largest measuring about 40mm diameter and 4mm in depth, is visible on its present SW face.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, PM) 19 May 2009.
Note (20 August 2018)
Date Fieldwork Started: 20/08/2018
Compiled by: Rock Art Bute
Location Notes: The panel lies on flat ground immediately to the SW of the ruins of Scarrel farmsteading, opposite the steading's central gable and a slit window. It is a rounded boulder lying at the edge of the track which goes past the steading, and possibly forms part of a feature. From the panel there are open views to Arran, St. Ninian's Point, Scalpsie and Inchmarnock. There are other cupmarked stones recorded in the vicinity, although few of these have been refound.
Panel Notes: The panel is a coarse grained schist type rounded boulder measuring 1.1m x 0.9m with a height of 0.5m. At least 4 cupmarks are visible grouped together on the sloping SW face of the boulder. The panel shows scratches, but there are no visible tool or peck marks.
