Kilmartin Monuments
Name: Achanarnich Achanarnich
Type: Rock Carvings
NGR: NM 774027
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Description
There are three groups of cup and ring markings in the vicinity of Achanarnich.
Group One
This dispersed group of markings is situated 135m SW of Achanarnich and comprises one cup with four rings, one cup and three rings, three cups with two complete or partial rings, seventeen cups with single rings and some fifty-nine plain cupmarks. Of particular note are two unusually broad and shallow cups, one surrounded by a partial ring and the other plain.
Group Two
There are two groups of four and five plain cupmarks on a rock-sheet 60m N of Achanarnich; they range from 70mm to 25mm in diameter and by up to 15mm in depth.
Group Three
At the SW end of Cnoc Fraoich there is a rock sheet bearing at least one cup and single ring, and forty seven plain cupmarks (up to 85mm by 15mm).
Published References
  • RCAHMS Argyll vol. 6 no.111
Abbreviated References