Kilmichael Glassary Decorated Rock Sheet

Lochgilphead, Argyll

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Cup and Ring Marks

CANMORE site record

Even in the Kilmartin area, rich in decorated rock sheets as it is, Kilmichael Glassary is a fine site. There are several rock faces and boulders that have been carved with cup-marks, and the best of these has been fenced off and is in state care.

The sloping rock surface has a fairly dense covering of deep cup marks. What makes this site a little unusual are the rings around some of the cup marks. Several are key-hole shaped rather than round. Others are incomplete rings. Some enclose several cup marks.

Wide view of the main area looking southwest. Large deep teardrop shaped cups can be seen.

Wide view of the main rock surface looking down-slope. An oval ring around three cups can be seen in the upper-left part of the decorated area.

Wide view of the upper rock surface. This area contains large, deep cups with deep gulleys connecting several together.

Wide view of the mail rock surface looking down-slope.

Wide view with keyhole-ring around a cup in the foreground.

Looking northeast across the mail area.

Detail of the upper area. Some very large and deep cups here, some with wide and deep gulleys to connect pairs of cups.

Detail of partial rings and gulleys around some of the cup marks.

Detail of the lower eastern area.

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