MHG53427 - Cup marked boulder - Camas Luinie
Summary
A badly eroded cup marked boulder.
Type and Period (1)
- CUP MARKED STONE (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 551 BC?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
At a place called Camaslunie there are two cup-marked boulders. On one of the stones are no less than fifty cups. <1>
The second boulder was rediscovered by John Wombell in 2010. It is described as a smooth prostrate earthfast boulder of fine grained mica schist, kite shaped and measuring 1.65m NW/SE by 0.75m by c.0.3m high. It has 3 definite badly-eroded cups and 2 probable cups, all c.50mm diameter by c.7mm deep. <2> <3>
This panel was recorded as part of the ScRAP (Scotland’s Rock Art project) by members of NoSAS but was not visited. <4>
This panel was recorded by members of NoSAS (Rock Art Group) in April 2024. One of a group of three CMRs located on a less steeply sloping step on the west side of Glen Elchaig at an altitude of between around +35m and +55m AOD. Re-located by John Wombell in 2010 when the area was still being grazed, the panel was only found in 2024 with some difficulty as it is now covered in moss and surrounded by bracken – the grazing having ceased. (Note moss replaced after survey). There are no clear markers for locating it in what is an area of hill now steadily reverting to a natural vegetative state. Access can be made via a gate off the public road to Camas Luinie, thence northwest up the hill for around 200m to a gate in the forest fence, then NNW for around 70m to the NGR given. The stone is NOT visible on modern satellite imagery but can be seen in Google Earth 2007. There are wide ranging views from the stone’s location over Glen Elchaig to the southeast.
The panel is an embedded slab of mica schist measuring around 1.4m NW – SE and 0.7m NE – SW and of unknown thickness. The top surface of the boulder is roughly horizontal. Five motifs are clearly identifiable – all cup marks. <5>
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SHG2489 Text/Publication/Volume: MacRae, N. 1923. The romance of a royal burgh: Dingwall's story of a thousand years. 339.
- <2> SHG24674 Text/Correspondence: Wombell, J. 08/02/2010. Email from John Wombell regarding cup marked stones at Loch Long. Yes. Digital.
- <3> SHG24641 Image/Photograph(s): Wombell, J. 2010. Photographs of cup marked stones. Colour. Yes. Digital.
- <4> SHG28055 Interactive Resource/Online Database: Historic Environment Scotland. 2017-. Scotland's Rock Art (ScRAP). ScRAP ID 732.
- <5> SHG29670 Text/Correspondence: Newman, D.. 2024. Camas Luinie Rock Art survey. North of Scotland Archaeological Society. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 94381 29190 (20m by 20m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG92NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | KINTAIL |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://www.rockart.scot/rock-art-database/?scrapToolsaction=datatools:panel.view_all&id=437271AF-933B-4616-B0A90F971CCC0547 (View the ScRAP record for this site)
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