Our Photo Pages >> Baluachraig Rock Art - Rock Art in Scotland in Argyll
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Rock ArtSite Name: Baluachraig Rock ArtCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead Nearest Village: Kilmichael Glassary
Map Ref: NR8312696966 Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.116039N Longitude: 5.490093W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | no data |
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Uralsdaughter visited on 19th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
SandyG visited on 15th Apr 2015 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
coin visited on 1st Jan 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Great site
SolarMegalith visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4
custer visited on 13th Oct 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Great end to a circular walk through Kilmartin. Fantastic place to sit and look across the whole area. Magical.
markj99 visited on 30th Apr 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Even in Kilmartin Glen where one is spoiled for choice Baluachcraig Cup and Ring Marked panels are worth a visit. Easy parking plus a short walk to an ancient site rich in Rock Art: It's a no brainer!
snakefarmer Catrinm rrmoser NickyD have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.83 Ambience: 4.17 Access: 4
For more information see Canmore ID 39453, which describes the main outcrop, saying: "Situated within a protective enclosure in a pasture field 230 m NW of Dunchraigaig cairn (No.48), there are three cup-and-ring marked rock outcrops. The largest and most profusely decorated rock-sheet bears some seventeen cups with double rings, fifteen cups with single rings, and at least 127 plain cupmarks; to the W there is an outcrop on which there are ten plain cupmarks and on an outcrop N there is one cup with single ring and a plain cupmark.
Nearby is a fourth outcrop, see Canmore ID 76380, which says: "Just over the wall by the A 816 road and 5 to 10yds up the slope of the field is a rough outcrop which bears 14 cup-marks (one of which may be natural)."
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