Central Cup Carving on Tor of Craigoch Cup Carved Panel (Glasses for Scale).
Image credit: Mark Johnstone
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April 25, 2025
Central Cup Carving on Tor of Craigoch Cup Carved Panel.
Image credit: Mark Johnstone
SE Cup Carving on Tor of Craigoch Cup Carved Panel (Glasses for Scale)
Image credit: Mark Johnstone
SE Cup Carving on Tor of Craigoch Cup Carved Panel.
Image credit: Mark Johnstone
Visited 24.04.25
It is natural to focus on the Sir Andrew Agnew Monument constructed on the Tor of Craigoch Hillfort given the lack of physical remains. The ditch and rampart defences on the S and W flanks are obscured by gorse and rhododendron shrubs which encircle the hillfort. The enclosure on the summit is featureless except for the modern tower, an OS trig point and low rock outcrops breaking the grassy surface. The oval enclosure currently measures c. 44 yards E-W and 22 yards transversely.
There are traces of an outer earth rampart on the SW slope outside the circle of vegetation. I found two large cup markings c. 6 inches in diameter and 3 inches deep on a horizontal panel c. 25 yards E of the monument. The cups were too circular and the interior surface of the cups too smooth for them to be natural. They are possibly the result of domestic activity modifying natural hollows.
You’d have to say it was great weather for this type of thing – quick drying after landing in a bog.
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From near the fallen stones. Note the surviving standing stone beyond.
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Looking straight u[p the Kilmartin Glen. The cairn is quite a bit bigger than Canmore suggests going by its footprint.
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In the distance, near the house, is the chamber cairn.
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