Region : Strathclyde District : Argyll & Bute Area : Kilmartin Valley Grid Reference : NR 816 977 Period : 3rd-2nd millennium BC Ballygowan CUP-AND-RING MARKINGS

This flat rock outcrop with various cupmarks and cup-and-ring markings is on the shoulder of a hill overlooking Kilmartin Valley. The markings were chipped out of the 2.5m x 2m rock with a stone hammer. The decoration comprises 11 cups with rings, at least 43 plain cupmarks some of which are artificially enlarged natural cracks and several grooves (or 'gutters') which link the cup-and-rings together. An unusual feature is a cup with three horseshoe-shaped rings (in the foreground of the photo). In care of Historic Scotland

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