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Bute, Scarrel 4
Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Bute, Scarrel 4
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 40326
Site Number NS06NW 19
NGR NS 02072 67185
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40326
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS06NW 19 02076 67185.
Scarrel 4. Discovered by Dan Boag 1984.
13 cups. On flat topped roughly rectangular earth fast boulder. Cups in two groups.
D N Marshall 1985
This earthfast cup marked boulder lies close to the top of an improved field of pasture on the steep SW flank of Eenan Hill, some 440m NW of Scarrel farmsteading (NS06NW 62). It measures 1.2m from NNE to SSW by 0.7m and 0.3m in height. On its upper surface there are thirteen cupmarks, the largest measuring about 60mm in diameter but only 3mm in depth, which form two distinct groups separated by a natural fissure which crosses the boulder from WNW to ESE.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, PM) 19 May 2009.
Field Visit (1984)
Reference (1985)
Scarrel 4. Discovered by Dan Boag 1984.
13 cups. On flat topped roughly rectangular earth fast boulder. Cups in two groups.
D N Marshall 1985
Field Visit (19 May 2009)
This earthfast cup marked boulder lies close to the top of an improved field of pasture on the steep SW flank of Eenan Hill, some 440m NW of Scarrel farmsteading (NS06NW 62). It measures 1.2m from NNE to SSW by 0.7m and 0.3m in height. On its upper surface there are thirteen cupmarks, the largest measuring about 60mm in diameter but only 3mm in depth, which form two distinct groups separated by a natural fissure which crosses the boulder from WNW to ESE.
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 in improved pasture on the SW flank of Eenan Hill approximately 440m NW of the abandoned Scarrel farmsteading. It is situated about 18 m to the SW of a fence and about 30m N of a prominent rock. There are views of Ardlamont Point, Inchmarnock, Arran. St Ninian's Point and Ardscalpsie to the S. There are no other archaeological features visible from the panel.
Panel Notes: The panel is a fine grained schist type earthfast boulder measuring about 0.7 x 1.2m, with a height of about 0.2m. The carved surface is nearly flat, with a gentle slope of about 12 degrees to the SSW. There are at least 23 cupmarks, with a maximum depth of 18 mm, although several are very shallow. The cupmarks are separated into two more or less equal groups by a natural fissure running across the centre of the boulder from WNW to ESE. A natural fissure also radiates from one of the cupmarks, and two of the cupmarks may have rings or partial rings. There are visible tool marks on the panel.
