Monument record MHG5291 - Glenelg

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Grid reference Centred NG 8407 1667 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG81NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish GLENELG

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NG81NW 2 8407 1667.

(NG 84071667) Sculptured Stone (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1902)

A flat stone slab 3'9" x 2'9" bearing 30 distinct cup-marks was found in 1881 on a heap of stones gathered from the field. Permission for its removal to the NMAS was refused.
J R Allen 1882.

As described.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 3 October 1966.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Allen, J R. 1882. 'Notes on some undescribed stones with cup markings in Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 16 1881-2, p.79-143. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 79-143. 119-20.
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Cup- marked boulder, Glenelg. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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