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MHG63175 - Cup Marked Stone - Strath Sgitheach Allt Na Criche (6)

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A cup marked stone (F) at Strath Sgitheach Allt Na Criche.

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NH56SW 13 522 630.
Centred around NH 522630 are 8 cup marked rocks ('A' - 'H').
'A' is a boulder measuring 3.1m x 1.9m x 0.6 m high with at least fifteen shallow cup marks on its upper surface. NH 5220 6292
'B' a large block 3.6m x 1.8m x 1m maximum height. It is largely earth-covered. It has 23 cup marks on its two outer edges. NH 5213 6298
'C' a boulder 1.8m x 1.2m x 0.6m high with six cup marks. NH 5212 6297
'D' boulder 2.4m x 1m x 0.6m high with 7 small shallow cup marks. NH 5126 6296
'E' small boulder 1.1m x 0.7m x 0.3m high with 2 probable cup marks. NH 5201 6298
'F' a boulder lying close by has 7 shallow cup marks upon it. NH 5201 6301
'G', a boulder, 2.8m x 1.5m x 0.6m, lying on bank of a stream, has probably slipped from its original position due to erosion. It has 6 extremely shallow cup marks on its upper surface. NH 6196 6324
'H' is a slab 2.2m x 1.3m lying flush with ground; it has 3 probable cup marks on its surface. NH 5247 6295
Surveyed at 1:10 000. Visited by OS (J B) 16 November 1976

8 outcrops of rock with shallow cup-marks.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978

This panel was recorded as part of the ScRAP (Scotland’s Rock Art project) by members of NoSAS in August 2018. This panel is on a south facing sloping hillside with has extensive views south, above a long hollow, possibly an old stream bed. It is located 100m east of a track to the col before Cioch Mhor, and 800m from the river Sgitheach. Another panel is 100m to the west and field systems are 1000m to the west. It is part of a group of cup-marked stones recorded as Canmore 12923.

This panel is a low-lying irregular, elongated shaped outcrop of hard and medium grained metamorphic mica schist, measuring approximately 1.7m x 0.7 m, and almost flush with the ground. The upper surface is smooth and almost flat, sloping very gently to the south. There are 7 cups, 6 of which form a distinct linear alignment along the long axis of the rock, leading to its north edge. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2021 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5201 6301 (10m by 9m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH56SW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	DINGWALL

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