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Rock ArtSite Name: OrmaigCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Rock Art
Map Ref: NM82220267 Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.166778N Longitude: 5.509299W
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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 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. |
| 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 |
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hidebasket visited on 21st Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 3
MarkHatton visited on 24th Nov 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 3 A delightful walk from Carnassarie Castle (large car park 1 mile north of Kilmartin Village) on a good path. About 2.5 miles each way. The rock art is signposted.
rrmoser visited on 20th Jul 2017 beautiful
SolarMegalith visited on 27th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
macd visited on 1st Sep 2007 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2 I visited this wonderful site during the spectacular art and theatre experience "Half Life" in Sep 2007 - truly memorable. Various art installations were dotted around the landscape culminating in one of life's extraordinary experiences, a theatrical presentation by NVA and the National Theatre of Scotland in the forest at Achnabreac. At that time, Ormaig was still hidden within the forest though a clearing had been made with bare fir trees screening the view to the loch below. Walking up to the site through the trees was magical then. Some of the trees had symbols burned into them, marking the route. Presumably this was allowed as the trees were felled not long after. I'll post a few photos of Ormaig as it was then - not great quality, but to show the site before te trees were cleared.
http://nva.org.uk/artwork/half-life/
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 2.75
On the West slope of Creag Mhor (NM 8222 0267) you may find a magnificent series of over 200 carvings, many in 'mint' condition. They were recently (1973) uncovered.
From SolarMegalith:
The rock art in Ormaig is carved on three main panels:
1. Western rock is decorated with cups with single rings, serpentine grooves and cups with penannulars. There is a grafitti carved on the northern part of the outcrop.
2. Eastern rock is decorated with famous rosette motifs, three of which are in very good condition. Apart from these theere are many cups with single rings and simple cup-marks.
3. Northern rock is the largest panel in Ormaig, it is decorated with wide variety of motifs including cups with single and luptiple rings, cups with penannulars and paralell linear grooves.
Reference:
Beckensall, S. 2005. "The Prehistoric Rock Art in Kilmartin". Kilmartin: Kilmartin House Trust, p. 90-96.
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