Achnabreck 9
Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Achnabreck 9
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Achnabreck 9; Auchoish
Canmore ID 76424
Site Number NR89SE 32
NGR NR 86289 90354
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/76424
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmichael Glassary
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR89SE 32 864 903
See also:
NR89SE 2 Centred NR 85570 90690 Cup- and ring-marked rocks
NR89SE 13 NR 85537 90197 Standing Stone
NR89SE 19 NR 85664 90564 Cup- and ring-marked rock
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 56 NR 85566 90814 Cup- and ring-marked rock
Looking NE from Achnabreck 8 (NR89SE 31) towards Auchoish Cottage, there is a gate at the right hand side of the deer fence. Within 10yds of this gate towards the cottage is a small lumpy knoll of harder rock. Near its top is a single cup mark surrounded by a gapped ring.
K Naddair, F Brown, J Tindal and L Lees; NMRS, MS/316.
Note (26 February 2019)
Date Fieldwork Started: 26/02/2019
Compiled by: Kilmartin
Location Notes: The panel is located in moorland and rough grazing 15m S of the track to Auchoish Farm and 10m from the gate into a pasture field. It is 20m NW of a high deer fence marking the NE extremity of a forestry plantation, 3m from a stob and wire fence running SW/NE and 10m ENE of an electricity pole.
Panel Notes: This is rounded, rough-surfaced outcrop with a knobbly, fissured surface, measuring 1 x 0.5m and 0.1m high. It has 1 cup with a single ring, 1 cup with a partial ring, and 2 possible cupmarks at the top of outcrop.
