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Bute, Torran Turach 3

Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Site Name Bute, Torran Turach 3

Classification Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Alternative Name(s) Kilmichael 2

Canmore ID 40476

Site Number NS07SW 11

NGR NS 01165 70384

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish North Bute
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Buteshire

Archaeology Notes

NS07SW 11 01165 70384

On the SE slope of Torran Turach is a schist boulder 2m x 3m x 1m high on the SE side. On its level top are 9 cup marks 1 with a possible ring.

J Middleton and R W B Morris 1981; D N Marshall 1985.

This cup and ring marked rock lies on the SE flank of Torran Turach and its dimensions are as previously described. There are thirteen cup markings on the upper surface and one is surrounded by a ring. The cups measure up to 60mm in diameter and 15mm in depth and the ring measures 120mm in diameter.

Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, GB), 1 April 2009.

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Reference (1981)

On the SE slope of Torran Turach is a schist boulder 2m x 3m x 1m high on the SE side. On its level top are 9 cup marks 1 with a possible ring.

J Middleton and R W B Morris 1981; D N Marshall 1985.

Reference (1985)

On the SE slope of Torran Turach is a schist boulder 2m x 3m x 1m high on the SE side. On its level top are 9 cup marks 1 with a possible ring.

J Middleton and R W B Morris 1981; D N Marshall 1985.

Field Visit (1 April 2009)

This cup and ring marked rock lies on the SE flank of Torran Turach and its dimensions are as previously described. There are thirteen cup markings on the upper surface and one is surrounded by a ring. The cups measure up to 60mm in diameter and 15mm in depth and the ring measures 120mm in diameter.

Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, GB) 1 April 2009.

Note (16 April 2019)

Date Fieldwork Started: 16/04/2019

Compiled by: Rock Art Bute

Location Notes: The panel is situated in open moorland and rough grazing on the NE side of Torran Turach facing the fence line, within sight of the fence junction running in from the S. It lies 2m to the SW of Torran Turach 4 (Canmore 40477, ScRAP 910).

Panel Notes: This is a large, upstanding schist boulder measuring 2.6x2.05m with a maximum height of 1.1m, with a flat upper surface. There are 7 cupmarks and 6 possible cups.

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