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Achnabreck 5

Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Site Name Achnabreck 5

Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Canmore ID 39551

Site Number NR89SE 19

NGR NR 85664 90564

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kilmichael Glassary
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NR89SE 19 85664 90564

Location formerly entered as NR 8566 9055.

See also:

NR89SE 2 Centred NR 85570 90690 Cup- and ring-marked rocks

NR89SE 13 NR 85537 90197 Standing Stone

NR89SE 20 NR 85720 90655 Cup- and ring-marked rock

NR89SE 27 NR 857 906 Cup-marked rock

NR89SE 28 NR 860 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock

NR89SE 29 NR 862 904 Cup-marked rock

NR89SE 30 NR 862 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock

NR89SE 31 NR 862 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock

NR89SE 32 NR 864 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock

NR89SE 56 NR 85566 90814 Cup- and ring-marked rock

Achnabreck 3: On the crest of a rock outcrop which lies in a pasture field about 140m SE of NR89SE 2, there are faint traces of what may be a group of cup-and-ring marks, but on the date of visit they were too indistinct to record in detail. Morris (1977) records that the decoration included one cup with two probable rings, three cups with single rings and a single plain cupmark.

RCAHMS 1988, visited May 1984.

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Field Visit (May 1984)

Achnabreck 3: On the crest of a rock outcrop which lies in a pasture field about 140m SE of Achnabreck 1 (NR89SE 2), there are faint traces of what may be a group of cup-and-ring marks, but on the date of visit they were too indistinct to record in detail (Morris 1977, 43). Morris records that the decoration included one cup with two probable rings, three cups with single rings and a single plain cupmark.

RCAHMS 1988, visited May 1984.

Note (27 March 2019)

Date Fieldwork Started: 27/03/2019

Compiled by: Kilmartin

Location Notes: The panel is located on a S facing slope in a field of rough grazing about 700m due N of Mill House, Achnabreck and 100m WNW of old Achnabreck settlement. It appears as a prominent rock outcrop when approaching uphill from the S. It is about 140m SE of the main Achnabreck carved rocks (Achnabreck 1 Canmore 399552, ScRAP 2762, and Achnabreck 2).

Panel Notes: This is a large rounded outcrop about 7 x 5.4m and maximum 2m height, dotted with moss and lichen. It has a relatively narrow flat top, which is carved, and a steeply sloping S face that falls away at 45 degree to the lower ground level. The carvings are faint and eroded, but appear to include 2 cups with 2 rings or partial rings, 2 cups with single rings, and 3 cupmarks.

A previous 3D model can be seen on sketchfab ID cdf982a7f1e94117922190b9710b7056

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