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Late Bronze Age (at the earliest ) causeway across wetland . Pics are from the ’ 07 season there has been a further 2 years digging but I don’t know of any significant finds in the last couple of years .

A couple of new finds from yesterday raises the total to 22 for the area . One was particularly photogenic .

2009 excavation of aisled house 150 metres from the stone .

Some more new finds from yesterday . The 4x4 grid is uncommon .

Unlike it’s northern counterpart the south side of Loch Tay has large areas devoid of rock art so these new finds from the week end are a bit of a treat . The prominent rock is 6m high,with rucksack for scale , only three cup marks on the top but the rock itself is noteworthy .

First couple of pics are of a site found a while ago and due to poor light motifs just never came out too clearly. Last two were a new find on Sunday .

A few years ago I found a marked rock about three miles from here and at a height of 690 m it was esily the highest in the UK and I didn’t think it that likely to find anything much higher .
Until these two .They are not much to look at but the context is astonishing . The boss and surrounding groove is at 844 m and the cup mark is at 1011 m . .When you consider the latter is higher than Skafell and there are only 120 hills above 1011m in Scotland the chances of finding something higher is diminishing .

Recent find from above Loch Earn .

A couple of new panels discovered last week on this outcrop . One sloping at 60 degrees so not quite typical .

Some new finds from the area . The “sun symbol” motif is particularly rare .