Kilmartin Monuments
Name: Glasvaar Glasvaar
Type: Rock Carvings
NGR: NM 8801
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Description
There are six groups of cup-and-ring markings in the fields around Glasvaar farm steading.These groups are situated on two boulders and 3 rock-sheets and an outcrop.
This photo shows markings on a whale-backed outcrop immediately W of the track that leads NE from the farm. The outcrop has two decorated surfaces one on the crest of the ridge and the other on a terrace to the E.
On the crest there are weathered remains of seven cups with single rings, forty plain cups, three with gutters and a later knocking stone basin.
Published References
  • RCAHMS Argyll vol. 6 no.159
Abbreviated References