Torbhlaran
Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric), Scraper (Tool)(S) (Flint)
Site Name Torbhlaran
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric), Scraper (Tool)(S) (Flint)
Alternative Name(s) Torbhlaren
Canmore ID 39558
Site Number NR89SE 5
NGR NR 86350 94520
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39558
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmichael Glassary
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR89SE 5 8635 9452.
(NR 863 945) A hog-backed rock outcrop 60 yds NW of standing stone NR89SE 3, and 80 yds NW of gate in road wall of field is sculptured with c.7 cups and up to 4 rings, and c.12 cups. To SW, on a fractured erect slab, 2 small cups. Three small flint scrapers found in the field here, are now in the possession of B Thomson at Torbhlaren.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964; R W B Morris and B Thomson 1969
NR 8635 9451: The cup and ring marks on the outcrop are indistinct, but generally as described. No other cup marks were located in the area. Mr Thomson has now moved to Canada.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 7 May 1973
NR 8635 9452. Only 10 cups and two cup-and-ring marks could be identified on this weathered rock outcrop. The fractured slab could not be identified.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (TRG) 17 March 1977
Field Visit (May 1983)
Situated in an arable field 190 m N of Glenalva Cottage and 50m NW of the standing stone (NR89SE 12), there is an isolated spine of rock with its long axis aligned NE and SW. The NE end of the spine is bifurcated, and on the E spur there are three cups with single rings, one cup with four rings (300mm overall) and three plain cups, while on the W spur there is one cup and single ring. In a hollow to the W of the middle of the spine there are faint traces of a cup and single ring and at least three plain cups (Campbell and Sandeman 1964; Morris 1969).
Visited May 1983
RCAHMS 1988
Note (18 July 2019)
Date Fieldwork Started: 18/07/2019
Compiled by: ScRAP
Location Notes: This record records both the discovery of three small flint scrapers and a cup and ring mark rock. As a part of the Scotland's Rock Art project, this record has been allocated solely to the scrapers, and a separate record has been created for the cup and ring mark rock (see Torbhlaran 3).
