Clachmhor, Culnakirk
Classifications: Cup Marked Stone(Neolithic),Stone Circle(Neolithic)
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Local authority: Highland
Parish: Urquhart And Glenmoriston
Former region: Highland
Former district: Inverness
Former county: Inverness-Shire
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Site number: NH43SE 2
National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) ID: 12339
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Category: Descriptive accounts
Event reference: 659865
NH43SE 2 49921 31099
Clachmhor [NAT]
Cup marked Stone [NR]
OS 1:25,000 map [undated].
NH 4992 3109: 'Clachmhor' lies close to the east side of the farm of Culnakirk. It is a large flat block of grey gneiss about 16' long, 9' broad and 1' thick, lying N. and S. The southern half of the stone bears 113 cup- marks up to 4 1/4" diameter and 1 1/8" in depth, many united (usually in pairs) by grooves.
There are distinct indications that this stone was once surrounded by a circle of boulders or standing stones. Several of these still remain, 2 or 3 feet in width, 15 to 17 feet apart, on the north and east sides, and from 35 to 40 feet from 'Clachmaor'. On the south- west side, the circle has been obliterated by a rough cart track. which passes over its site.
W Jolly 1882.
This stone at NH 4992 3109 is as described by Jolly, but no trace of any standing stones could be found.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 3 December 1964.
Scheduled as 'Clachmhor, cup-marked stone... a large flat triangular block of grey gneiss about 5m long, 3m broad and 0.3m thick, oriented N to S, containing a large number of cup marks. It is situated on relatively flat ground above the upper break of a slope on a wide, steep valley, adjacent to a stream.'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 18 October 2006.
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Jolly W. (1882) 'On cup-marked stones in the neighbourhood of Inverness; with an appendix on cup-marked stones in the Western Islands', Proc Soc Antiq Scot 16 1881-2 Page(s): 329-30 fig.32
McCullagh C. (2009c) 'Kiltarlity - Drumnadrochit (All Dearg - Culnakirk) Overhead Line Refurbishment, Highland (Kiltarlity and Convinth / Urquhart and Glenmoriston parishes), watching brief', Discovery Excav Scot New 10 2009 Cathedral Communications Limited, Wiltshire, England.. Page(s): 103
McCullagh C. (2008a) 'Kiltarlity to Drumnadrochit Overhead Line, Highland (Kiltarlity and Convinth / Urquhart and Glenmoriston parishes), desk-based assessment and walkover survey', Discovery Excav Scot New 9 2008 Cathedral Communications Limited, Wiltshire, England.. Page(s): 109-110
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Place: Clachmhor Cup Marked Stone Culnakirk
