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<< Our Photo Pages >> Achnabreck Eastern Rock - Rock Art in Scotland in Argyll

Submitted by Klingon on Sunday, 10 October 2010  Page Views: 3896

Rock ArtSite Name: Achnabreck Eastern Rock
Country: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Rock Art

Map Ref: NR8572290645
Latitude: 56.060522N  Longitude: 5.443354W
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.
5 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.
2 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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Catrinm visited on 2nd Sep 2019 Impressive panel with atypical features ,in woods shame it is behind railings

Uralsdaughter visited on 19th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

SolarMegalith visited on 27th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

custer visited on 8th Jul 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Fantastic art work, kids had also had fun making pebble circles on tree stumps close by, great to be inspired.

rrmoser coin Klingon snakefarmer have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.33

Achnabreck Eastern Rock
Achnabreck Eastern Rock submitted by Klingon : (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Argyll

Achnabreck Eastern Rock is decorated with cup-and-ring marks with gutters, simple cup-marks, grooves and cups with penannulars. Near SE corner of the panel there is a motif of two cup-and-ring marks with grooves forming a grid pattern between them.
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Achnabreck Eastern Rock
Achnabreck Eastern Rock submitted by Catrinm : Excellent rock art panel. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Achnabreck Eastern Rock
Achnabreck Eastern Rock submitted by coin : Achnabreck East (Vote or comment on this photo)

Achnabreck Eastern Rock
Achnabreck Eastern Rock submitted by coin : Achnabreck - more of a pecked effect to these motifs (Vote or comment on this photo)

Achnabreck Eastern Rock
Achnabreck Eastern Rock submitted by SolarMegalith : Cup-and-ring mark with a duct, its outer rings incorporated another cup-mark with a short groove (photo taken on April 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Achnabreck Eastern Rock
Achnabreck Eastern Rock submitted by SolarMegalith : Decorated surface of Achnabreck Eastern Rock (photo taken on April 2013).

Achnabreck Eastern Rock
Achnabreck Eastern Rock submitted by SolarMegalith : Conjoined cup-and-ring marks on Achnabreck Eastern Rock (photo taken on April 2013).

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