Kilmartin Monuments
Name: Poltalloch Poltalloch
Type: Rock Carvings
NGR: NR 812963
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Description
This impressive cup-and-ring marked outcrop is situated in woodland 160m SW of the ruins of Poltalloch House. The rock surface dips steeply to the E and is criss-crossed by deep fractures, which in some places has led to the shearing-off of some of the marks.
The decoration comprises: seven cups with four rings; nine cups with two rings; thirteen with single rings; and at least eighty plain cupmarks. To the NNW of the largest of the four ringed cups there are star-shaped marks, one of which is surrounded by a ring.
Published References
  • RCAHMS Argyll vol. 6 no.182
Abbreviated References