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Submitted by Rockartuk on Tuesday, 31 December 2002 Page Views: 10683

Rock ArtSite Name: Poltalloch House Rock Art
Country: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Rock Art

Map Ref: NR813964 Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.110131N Longitude: 5.518939W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

4 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

2 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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SolarMegalith visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3

custer visited on 13th Oct 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Hidden under autumn leave fall, most of rock covered in moss but some rings still visible

markj99 visited on 30th Apr 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The cup and ring markings were partially obscured by moss on my visit.

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 3

**Poltalloch House Rock Art** submitted by rockartuk : Poltalloch, Strathclyde. Scotland Grid Ref: NR 8126 9637. Located 3.5 km SW of Kilmartin, 200m SW of ruined Poltalloch House on private land. Detail of a cup-and-ring motif with gapped rings. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Rock Art in Argyll

Located 3.5 km SW of Kilmartin, 200m SW of ruined Poltalloch House on private land. An impressive cup-and-ring marked rock outcrop with two star motifs and some unusual wide-spaced rings. First reported by J. Rommily Allan in 1881.
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