Culnakirk

Classifications: Cup Marked Stone(Neolithic)

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Location Details

Local authority: Highland

Parish: Urquhart And Glenmoriston

Former region: Highland

Former district: Inverness

Former county: Inverness-Shire

Location accurate to the nearest 1 metre.

British National Grid (BNG) Coordinates: 249865, 831069

Ordnance Survey (OS) National Grid Reference: NH 49865 31069

Latitude: 57.34532Longitude: -4.49650

Datum: OSGB36 - NGR

Further details

Site number: NH43SE 3

National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) ID: 12340

Digital photograph of close ups of motifs, from Scotland's R

Records of Scotland's Rock Art Project

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Digital photograph of panel before cleaning, from Scotland's

Records of Scotland's Rock Art Project

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Digital photograph of panel to east, from Scotland's Rock Ar

Records of Scotland's Rock Art Project

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Snapshot of 3D model, from Scotland's Rock Art project, Culn

Records of Scotland's Rock Art Project

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Digital photograph of panel to north, from Scotland's Rock A

Records of Scotland's Rock Art Project

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Digital photograph of panel to south, from Scotland's Rock A

Records of Scotland's Rock Art Project

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Culnakirk, NH43SE 3, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

19582361684

Culnakirk, NH43SE 3, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

19582361683

Scanned copy of RCAHMS Emergency Survey: Manuscripts (1943 V

Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland

19431364000

RCAHMS Emergency Survey: Typescripts (Inverness).

Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland

19421343916

1 Note

Category: Descriptive accounts

Event reference: 660258

NH43SE 3 49866 31076

NH 4987 3107: There is a cup-marked stone, imbedded in the ground about 58 yards west of'Clachmor' (NH43SE 2) There are 5 cups,all 2 1/2-3" in diameter, on its exposed level surface.
W Jolly 1882

Only two cup marks 2 1/2" to 3" in diameter can be seen on this stone at NH 4987 3107, which is deeply embedded in the ground and partly covered by turf.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 3 December 1964


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References

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): 351 Fig. 55

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

RCAHMS. (1942-3) Emergency Survey of archaeological monuments in military training areas. 1981 2v. Typescripts. Page(s): INV 71 RCAHMS Shelf Number: A.1.1.SUR