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<< Our Photo Pages >> Poltalloch House Rock Art - Rock Art in Scotland in Argyll

Submitted by Rockartuk on Tuesday, 31 December 2002  Page Views: 10672

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



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Poltalloch House Rock Art
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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Poltalloch House Rock Art
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. A nice collection of motifs on the right-side panel. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poltalloch House Rock Art
Poltalloch House Rock Art submitted by SolarMegalith : The best preserved motif on Poltalloch Western Rock (photo taken on April 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poltalloch House Rock Art
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. Left-side panel with unusual wide-spaced rings (diam. 84x79cm), one of the largest in Scotland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poltalloch House Rock Art
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. An overview of the right panel (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poltalloch House Rock Art
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. 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.

Poltalloch House Rock Art
Poltalloch House Rock Art submitted by SolarMegalith : Cup-mark with penannulars on Poltalloch Western Rock (photo taken on April 2013).

Poltalloch House Rock Art
Poltalloch House Rock Art submitted by SolarMegalith : Many of the motifs are covered with moss (photo taken on April 2013).

Poltalloch House Rock Art
Poltalloch House Rock Art submitted by SolarMegalith : Eroded cup with two rings on Poltalloch Western Rock (photo taken on April 2013).

Poltalloch House Rock Art
Poltalloch House Rock Art submitted by SolarMegalith : Cup-mark with widely spaced rings around it is the major motif at Poltalloch Western Rock (photo taken on April 2013).

Poltalloch House Rock Art
Poltalloch House Rock Art submitted by custer : Central part of rock - hard to make out any interconnections.

Poltalloch House Rock Art
Poltalloch House Rock Art submitted by custer : Rings hidden under moss Right hand side of rock

Poltalloch House Rock Art
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 one of the two ringed star-motifs above a common cup-and-ring motif. The radials are much weathered but show-up well on rubbings.

Poltalloch House Rock Art
Poltalloch House Rock Art submitted by rockartuk : An almost overgrown outcrop with special motifs: widely-spaced concentric rings and uncommon star shapes. First reported by Rommilly Allen (1881). Some decorations has been cut off and others blown up. This photo was taken in 1998. Are the motifs still visible? Who knows?

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