MHG53434 - Cup marked boulder - Camas Luinie
Summary
A huge earthfast boulder with two shallow cups at its high point.
Type and Period (1)
- CUP MARKED STONE (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 551 BC?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
John and Trina Wombell noted a huge earthfast boulder, c.2.5m diameter and standing c.1.5m high, one of a group of three cup marked boulders in this area. It is of mica schist but coarser grained than the other two boulders. There are two shallow cups c.75mm diameter at the boulder's high point. <1><2>
This cup marked rock was previously identified in 2007 by George Currie. It is described as "A prominent boulder 1.5m high and 90m W of NH92NW1 (MHG7094) [bearing] two cup marks both 50 x 18mm. This [is] probably the same boulder mentioned by N Macrae." <3>
There are now three cup marked boulders recorded in this group, plus one to the south, so it remains unclear which of these was the second one mentioned by Macrae. <4>
This panel was recorded as part of the ScRAP (Scotland’s Rock Art project) by members of NoSAS but was not visited. <5>
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 is now partly overgrown with heather on its north side. Due to its size it is clearly visible at the location described and is also visible on satellite imagery. 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 southeast for around 15m to the NGR given. There are wide ranging views from the stone’s location over Glen Elchaig to the southeast.
The panel is an embedded round boulder of mica schist measuring around 2.5m diameter and its highest point around 1.5m above the surrounding ground. The boulder has a generally uneven surface, and due to lichen growth, neither of the two reported cups were distinguishable. <6>
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SHG24674 Text/Correspondence: Wombell, J. 08/02/2010. Email from John Wombell regarding cup marked stones at Loch Long. Yes. Digital.
- <2> SHG24641 Image/Photograph(s): Wombell, J. 2010. Photographs of cup marked stones. Colour. Yes. Digital.
- <3> SHG24587 Text/Publication/Serial: Millburn, P (ed). 2008. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland - New Series, Volume 8, 2007. Paper (Original). p 117.
- <4> SHG23297 Verbal Communication: Tilbury, S. Comment by Sylvina Tilbury, HER Officer.
- <5> SHG28055 Interactive Resource/Online Database: Historic Environment Scotland. 2017-. Scotland's Rock Art (ScRAP). ScRAP ID 747.
- <6> SHG29672 Text/Correspondence: Newman, D.. 2024. Camas Luinie North Rock Art survey. North of Scotland Archaeological Society. Digital. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 94403 29111 (20m by 21m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG92NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | KINTAIL |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (2)
External Links (2)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/12008 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
- https://www.rockart.scot/rock-art-database/?scrapToolsaction=datatools:panel.view_all&id=4533519E-109B-479B-988C1FAF87348DA8 (View the ScRAP record for this site)
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