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Drummond Hill, cupmarked rock 825m NNW of Rock Lodge

A Scheduled Monument in Highland, Perth and Kinross

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.604 / 56°36'14"N

Longitude: -3.992 / 3°59'31"W

OS Eastings: 277813

OS Northings: 747566

OS Grid: NN778475

Mapcode National: GBR JCJ8.63P

Mapcode Global: WH4LV.N88M

Entry Name: Drummond Hill, cupmarked rock 825m NNW of Rock Lodge

Scheduled Date: 16 February 2001

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM9157

Schedule Class: Cultural

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

Location: Dull

County: Perth and Kinross

Electoral Ward: Highland

Traditional County: Perthshire

Description

The monument is a cup and ring-marked outcrop of rock, overlooking the nearby Iron Age fort, situated on an east-facing slope at c. 345m OD.

The outcrop measures about 18m by 8m and in its S half, in area measuring about 6m by 3m, are about 30 cupmarks, two of which are encircled by rings.

The area to be scheduled includes the rock outcrop and an area around it in which other marks and other traces of contemporary human activity may survive. It measures 25m in diameter, as marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a well-preserved example of Neolithic or Bronze Age rock carving. It is of particular interest because of the density of markings in this part of Perthshire, where there seems to be a close link between cupmarks and their surrounding landscape.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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RCAHMS records the monument as NN 74 NE 19.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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