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<< Our Photo Pages >> Holy stone - Rock Art in Scotland in Argyll

Submitted by caradoc68 on Monday, 13 February 2012  Page Views: 6115

Rock ArtSite Name: Holy stone Alternative Name: Slaughter Stone
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.475 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Argyll Type: Rock Art
 Nearest Village: Kilchrenan
Map Ref: NN0539923584
Latitude: 56.364421N  Longitude: 5.152036W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

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Holy stone
Holy stone submitted by tiompan : Kilchrennan cup marked rock. (Vote or comment on this photo)
By the north side of the road which runs east from Kilchrenan to Ardanaiseig is a large cup-marked boulder measuring 2.6 by 1.8 metres and standing one metre high.

It is known locally as the 'Holy Stone' or the 'Slaughter Stone' and it bears on its level upper surface at least 60 plain cups ranging from 20 to 60mm in diameter and from 5 to 15mm in depth. Near the edge of the upper surface a group of four small cups is accompanied by a short arc of what seems to have been an enclosing ring. It is 20mm wide and very shallow. If complete, it would have measured about 180mm in diameter.

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Holy stone
Holy stone submitted by tiompan : Kilchrennan cup marked rock. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holy stone
Holy stone submitted by caradoc68 : This stone not far from the road as very shallow cup marks on the top. Good stop of point in between cairns. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holy stone
Holy stone submitted by tiompan : Kilchrennan cup marked rock. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holy Stone (North Tyneside)
Holy Stone (North Tyneside) submitted by Anne T : ... but when you look from the top, it's possibly just another stone that has been cut, as the 'socket' for the cross is very thin and narrow. Will try and find out who carried out the field surveying work and make enquiries to see if we can find the real one. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holy Stone (North Tyneside)
Holy Stone (North Tyneside) submitted by Anne T : Is this the socket stone that has been moved? Looks convincing from the side .....

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Re: Holy stone by guile on Thursday, 16 February 2012
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Thank you for detailing this beautiful stone.
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Re: Holy stone by tiompan on Tuesday, 14 February 2012
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Caradoc , there are another couple of marked rocks to the north towards Ballimore .Yes , please post the pics .
BTW did ou see the reply to the Ludo Mann query ?
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Re: Holy stone by caradoc68 on Monday, 13 February 2012
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tiompan thanks for that thought we had the wrong stone for a while. Also a few stones about 500m up the road just under the tree line with a few bowl makes in it, will be pleased to share the pictures with you to too what you think ?( not listed )
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