MHG7447 - Possible cup mark stone (natural features?) - Tigh-Geal, Cnoc Na Feamunn
Summary
Possible cup mark stone with probable natural features at Cnoc Na Feamunn.
Type and Period (2)
- CUP MARKED STONE? (Undated)
- NATURAL FEATURE? (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NG92SW 8 9445 2120.
A number of boulders bearing numerous cup-marks lie about half a mile SE of the manse of Kintail, between the road and the river.
T Wallace 1897.
At NG 9445 2120 is a naturally placed boulder bearing on its upper surface, sloping to the N, at least a dozen heavily weathered cup-marks probably more. The boulder, which measures 1.4m by 1.8m by 0.6m thick, is incorporated in a ruinous field dyke. No other boulders were located in this area but see NG92SE 4.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J M) 13 June 1974.
This panel was recorded as part of the ScRAP (Scotland’s Rock Art project) by members of NoSAS in June 2019. This large boulder is located about 5m northwest of the road in rough grazing. It is sloping at an angle and there are several natural circular and sub-circular depressions on the sloping surface. <1>
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SHG10226 Image/Photograph(s): Bait Mortars, Totaig, Loch Duich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10228 Image/Photograph(s): Bait Mortars, Totaig, L. Duich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG11527 Image/Photograph(s): Totaig, Loch Duich. Bait mortars.. Colour Slide. .
- --- SHG1180 Text/Publication/Article: Wallace, T. 1896-7. 'Notes of antiquities in Loch Alsh and Kintail', PSAS, Volume 31. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotl. 86-9. 87.
- --- SHG9750 Image/Photograph(s): ?cup- marks, foreshore at Totaig. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- <1> SHG28055 Interactive Resource/Online Database: Historic Environment Scotland. 2017-. Scotland's Rock Art (ScRAP). ScRAP ID 81.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 9444 2120 (10m by 10m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG92SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | KINTAIL |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (2)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/12023 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
- https://www.rockart.scot/rock-art-database/?scrapToolsaction=datatools:panel.view_all&id=06784FC1-9B36-4EB1-AF3CDE22ADF64DE9 (View the ScRAP record for this site)
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