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Ballygowan

Cup Marked Rock (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Ballygowan

Classification Cup Marked Rock (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Ballygowan 5; Tayness

Canmore ID 76385

Site Number NR89NW 100

NGR NR 81 97

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

Archaeology Notes

NR89NW 100 81 97

A string of six outcrops pointing up to Tayness Cottage (NR 816 972) bears perhaps a dozen cupmarks, mixed with about two dozen small natural pit-marks.

Information from K Naddair and L Lees in unedited DES 1989 MSS, held in NMRS as MS/316.

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