Monument record MHG7095 - Cup marked rock, Faddoch
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NG 95447 28632 (point) (GPS derived) |
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Map sheet | NG92NE |
Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
Civil Parish | KINTAIL |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NG92NE 1 953 285.
There is a large cup-marked boulder at Fadoch (Faddoch - NG 95 28) in Glen Elchaig.
T Wallace 1897.
Enquiries at Killilan and Faddoch proved negative.
Visited by OS (R L) 13 October 1966.
This is almost certainly the same cup marked boulder as that recorded under MHG51635. The records were initially kept separate pending further confirmation. They have now been amalgamated following receipt of further information (see <4>). <2>
This boulder was identified by George Currie in 2007. It is described as "A boulder on a terrace above Faddoch measuring 2.3 x 2.2 x 0.9m, [having] at least 40 cup marks on its E sloping face." Mr Currie suggests that it is almost certainly the same boulder as reported by T Wallace in 1897. <3>
It is an earthfast boulder on a large terraced area near the foot of a generally W facing hill-slope, directly above the part ruined / part occupied township of Faddoch. The boulder is 'tri-circular' in shape, c2.5m diam and c1m high, and is of a mixed fine and coarse grained mica schist with fine quartz veins running through it. There are c 50 cups on its upper SSE facing surface, most being extremely eroded and requiring specialist photography to fully reveal. Another hut circle was noted c100m E up-slope but not recorded. Again this CMS is in a complex area of enclosures with occasional platforms some of which may have prehistoric origins. <4><5>
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> 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.
- <2> SHG23297 Verbal Communication: Tilbury, S. Comment by Sylvina Tilbury, HER Officer. 01/04/2010.
- <3> SHG24587 Text/Publication/Serial: Millburn, P (ed). 2008. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland - New Series, Volume 8, 2007. Paper (Original). p 117.
- <4> SHG24674 Text/Correspondence: Wombell, J. 08/02/2010. Email from John Wombell regarding cup marked stones at Loch Long. Yes. Digital.
- <5> SHG24641 Image/Photograph(s): Wombell, J. 2010. Photographs of cup marked stones. Colour. Yes. Digital.
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Protected Status/Designation
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Record last edited
Jun 7 2011 10:48AM