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Latitude: 56.5287 / 56°31'43"N
Longitude: -4.1914 / 4°11'29"W
OS Eastings: 265306
OS Northings: 739561
OS Grid: NN653395
Mapcode National: GBR JC0G.JS9
Mapcode Global: WH4M4.L59B
Entry Name: Meall Odhar, cup-and-ring marked rock 880m SW of
Scheduled Date: 28 October 2002
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM10406
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art
Location: Kenmore
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Highland
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a cup-and-ring marked rock situated immediately to the E of the burn gully of Allt a'Choire Chireinich, about 880m SW of Meall Odhar and 70m N of the head dyke of Cragganester farmsteading. The monument dates from the Neolithic or early Bronze Age.
The boulder measures about 2.4m by 2.1m transversely and stands about 1.1m in height. There are at least fifty cupmarks on its flat upper surface. The cups measure up to 70mm in diameter and 10mm deep. There are forty-three plain cups and eight cups with rings. Four of these cup-and-ring marks have single rings, measuring between 120mm and 160mm in diameter and one has a gutter running E off the edge of the stone.
Of the other cup-and-ring marks, one cup has two rings, the largest of which measures 200mm in diameter; one cup has three rings, the largest of which measures 310mm in diameter; and two cups have five rings, the largest of which measure respectively 410mm and 440mm in diameter. One of these five-ringed cups has a gutter running E.
The area to be scheduled includes the cup-and-ring marked rock and an area around it within which related remains may be expected to survive. It is circular on plan, with a diameter of 10m, as shown in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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