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Latitude: 55.8682 / 55°52'5"N
Longitude: -4.9835 / 4°59'0"W
OS Eastings: 213413
OS Northings: 667912
OS Grid: NS134679
Mapcode National: GBR GF26.G07
Mapcode Global: WH2ML.FR3R
Entry Name: Tollard House,rock carvings 60m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 12 August 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5431
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: pit alignment (ritual or funerary)
Location: Dunoon and Kilmun
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Dunoon
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument consists of a series of rock carvings on the back wall of a natural rock shelter in the grounds of Tollard House.
The carvings cover an area c.1.5m in length and c.0.7m above ground level. They consist principally of a series of incised "herringbones", with vertical lengths ranging from 5-10cm. Amongst these one marking forms a shape roughly like a shield.
The area to be scheduled measures 25m from ENE to WSW by 20m transversely to include the rock shelter and its overhang together with an area to either side and in front of it in which associated remains might be expected to be found. This area is marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to provide information about prehistoric rock carvings, of which it is a very unusual example.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NS16NW 11.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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