Monument record MHG51416 - Cup marked rock at Allt a' Chuillin, Scatwell (site 056C)

This site, recorded by NOSAS in 2007 as part of the Scotland's Rural Past Project,has a wonderful aspect to the south overlooking Strathconon. It is at an altitude of 180m and on a terrace about 1.5kms to the north of Little Scatwell. The whole area has been commercially forested and recently felled leaving a mass of brashings and tree stumps which make access very difficult. There is evidence of improved land in the vicinity with a number of large enclosure and a complex field system to the SE. There are also cairns which may not be clearance. The site comprises one main boulder and three “satellites”. There may well be other cup marked stones in the vicinity.

056C Cup Marked Stone NGR NH 39490 57820 An earth-fast boulder, roughly triangular in ground plan, c3m x c3m x 2m, rising to c1.5m in the form of a peaked ridge, with a single cup c8cm in diameter and 1cm deep at the high point of the boulder. Standing beside the boulder the main view is down into Strathconon looking towards the Model Dairy at Scatwell Home Farm. The boulder lies in an area of recently felled conifers, close to a steep break of slope at c180m OD. <1> <2>