Cairnbaan
The rock carvings of Cairnbaan ( English Rock art at Cairnbaan ) are west of Dunamuck Cottage, south of Dunadd and north of Lochgilphead in Argyll and Bute in Scotland .
In the moor there are four rock outcrops almost flush with the earth's surface , on which complex rows of different cup-and-ring markings have been preserved. The complexity of the decoration varies between the areas, one of which is fenced.
Some rings are with bowls ( English cups connected). Six bowls have four rings, one has three rings, seven have two and eight are surrounded by a single ring. Several of the surrounding bowls have a single radial channel. There are also at least fifteen bowls connected by gutters. A badly weathered flat and large bowl has a single ring, which is connected to the bowl by a halo.
literature
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Kilmartin. Prehistoric & early historic monuments. An inventory of the monuments extracted from Argyll, volume 6. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh 2008, ISBN 978-1-902419-03-9 , p. 58
- Marion Campbell, Mary LS Sandeman: Mid Argyll: A Field Survey of the historic and prehistoric Monuments. In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. 95, 1961/1962, ISSN 0081-1564 , pp. 1-125.
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Coordinates: 56 ° 3 ′ 47.8 " N , 5 ° 28 ′ 17.7" W.