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Glenmoine,cup and ring marked rock 200m NNW of

A Scheduled Monument in Mid Argyll, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.1438 / 56°8'37"N

Longitude: -5.4968 / 5°29'48"W

OS Eastings: 182867

OS Northings: 700069

OS Grid: NM828000

Mapcode National: GBR DDTG.T4K

Mapcode Global: WH0HQ.JTQZ

Entry Name: Glenmoine,cup and ring marked rock 200m NNW of

Scheduled Date: 9 December 1992

Last Amended: 15 May 2018

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM5491

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art

Location: Kilmartin

County: Argyll and Bute

Electoral Ward: Mid Argyll

Traditional County: Argyllshire

Description

The monument consists of a cup and ring marked boulder 5m west of the northwest wall of a disused sheepfold and immediately east of a track through a forestry plantation. On the upper surface of the boulder are the weathered remains of at least nineteen cupmarks, which measure up to 70mm by 15mm, and two cups surrounded by single rings. The scheduled area is centred on the rock, circular on plan and measures 2m in diameter.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance because, despite not being a spectacular example of its type, it is one of a very significant group of prehistoric rock carvings in the Kilmartin Valley; together this remarkable concentration can be compared with similar regional groups in Strathtay, the Machars of Wigtown and in Northumberland and it has the potential to provide information about late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age life, particularly its ritual aspects.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Canmore

https://canmore.org.uk/site/22853/

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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