An Carn

Nearest town:
Lochgilphead (18km E)
OS reference:
NR680935
OS sheets:
55, 61
Latitude:
56° 4' 40.17 N
Longitude:
5° 43' 43.39 W
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Images

Image of An Carn (Cup Marked Stone) by rockandy

Detail of weathering of a cup-mark which has been cut through the rock strata producing a pronounced rippling effect on the rock surface probably eccentuated by the effects of ice.

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rockandy Jun 4, 2005
Image of An Carn (Cup Marked Stone) by rockandy

View of SW’most panel to the W, towards trees planted in early 1900s through which runs a stream and is the site of a corn-drying kiln

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rockandy Jun 4, 2005
Image of An Carn (Cup Marked Stone) by rockandy

SW’most panel which bears 29 cup marks of varying size. The largest are 90mm diameter and 55mm deep

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rockandy Jun 4, 2005
Image of An Carn (Cup Marked Stone) by rockandy

View to the S showing proximity of cup-marked panels to ruined houses of the An Carn township.

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rockandy Jun 4, 2005

Articles

An Carn

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rockandy Jun 4, 2005

There are 9 groups of cup-marks on horizontal or gently sloping outcrop very close to the deserted village of An Carn, 50m above sea level. The settlement was cleared by 1868 according to oral tradition and now lies abot 1km from the road. It seems unlikely that the inhabitants could be unaware of the carvings so close to their houses. One cup-marked outcrop has a larger bowl-shaped carving, 20cm diameter, that may have been used for grinding corn in this modern phase. A corn-drying kiln has also been found in the adjacent woodland. The total number of cup marks is about 100. Many are highly eroded and cut through the rock strata but some examples are up to 5cm deep.

A small bay some 250m NE of the township affords one of the few safe boat landings on the NE coast of Jura. Excavation of a cave at the head of the bay produced finds of late medieval date. There is a Bronze Age cairn about 1km to the NE at Cnoca’Churn Mhoir.

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