Tain Museum

Cup Marked Stone
NH746845

Also known as:

Ardjachie Farm

Nearest town:

Tain (4km E)

OS reference:

NH746845

OS sheet:

21

Latitude:

57° 49' 57.15 N

Longitude:

4° 6' 43.42 W

Added to TMA by

CARL

Images (2)
Fieldnotes (1)

Images

Image of Tain Museum (Cup Marked Stone) by Nucleus

Visited 5th June 2015

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 06/2015

Nucleus Dec 26, 2019

Image of Tain Museum (Cup Marked Stone) by Nucleus

Visited 5th June 2015

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 06/2015

Nucleus Dec 26, 2019

Articles

Tain Museum

Cup Marked Stone

C

CARL Aug 12, 2014

Failed visit 24.7.14

Outside the museum in the pretty town of Tain is a cup marked stone. Unfortunately the museum is in the church yard which is locked at night. We arrived at about 7.00pm but by then the gates were already padlocked. I was very disappointed.

Apparently it is also known as the Ardjachie Stone and is a boulder of red sandstone. It is 1.7m x 0.65m x 0.35m and has about 30 irregular cup marks dating from the Bronze Age.

It also has Pictish symbols on it.

One to visit when next in the area.

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