Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Upcoming Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates:
Thursday, 9 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 23 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 30 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
During these times, some functionality such as image purchasing may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
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.
