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I wouldn't normally put up some pics of a possible round house but this one is in such good nick and only three hundred metres from the site of two stone circles and has previously gone un-noticed /recorded .
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A previously unrecorded rock found last week .
Midway (just over a mile to either ) between the Pictish stones at Aberlemno and Blackgate standing stones .
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This marked rock was originally discovered in March but the light was poor and the pics had little detail . A clear cold day with low sun yesterday provided better conditions for pics .
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Found a couple of days ago ,the rock bears at least 40 cup marks .There's a group of eight cairns ,almost certainly not clearance , on the same terrace 60 metres to the west .
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Fortunately the weather was very clear yesterday , otherwise this unrecorded marked rock may have gone unnoticed . The cups are very small ( not far from here small cups found at http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1274/east_tempar.html ) and there are at least four connecting cups or dumbbells as well as the arrow shaped groove (see close up ) .Hill in the background is Schiehallion .
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A recent excavation at Waulkmill produced quite a variety of finds from Neolithic to Iron Age .
Pics are of ,a ring cairn probably central to the original stone circle . Bronze Age decorated pottery (in finds tray ) .There was also a sherd of Neolithic carinated bowl . Cremated bone just outside the area of the stone circle . The reason for the standing stone pic ,from the same spot as Drewbhoys is that this one shows some of the packing i.e. a tyre . The stone had been moved from it's previous site , which was unlikely to have the original site either .
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A couple of previously unrecorded finds from today . One with 8 cups the other with over 30 plus rings , there is also a cross . The stone is midway between the church at Lawers and a possible early one Balnahanaide . This is the first cross insigned of all the Ben Lawers marked rocks .Pic 2 is almost a "before " but some mud and rabbit shit had been rmoved from a couple of cups .3rd from last is also a "before" for the second rock .
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There were some marked rocks found in the area in the late 60's I found some more a few years ago.Two more previously unrecorded ones today , one quite photogenic .
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I came across this site a couple of days ago 320 M od above Loch Tay 5-600 metres from various marked rocks . about 7-8 metres across ,banks are 2- 2.5m high ,entrance at the south 0.8 m immediatley above what is now a very damp area nearest water course these days is 50 m away . I thought it may be a burnt mound ,there are none recorded for miles .Any thoughts ?
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A previously unrecorded marked rock from Cowal , not particularly photogenic but an addition to the record that had little in the immediate area .
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Once again the most photogenic of two previously unrecorded marked rocks in the area. The awkward spelling probably means Field of/associated with Saint Nessan . Sometimes crosses are found on or close to marked rocks but not in this case , as yet .
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The most photogenic of a couple of "new" finds in the area from a couple of weeks ago . A midgie infested bog today but not so long ago the field was in crop .
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At last , tree felling is allowing a bit of a view .
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Found yesterday , 3 metres from the site of one of the new Beauly to Denny pylons so some notifications in hand . It has to be said that the all the previously recorded sites on the route that I'm aware ahve been well signed and the route avoids . This one is different ,although you may have imagined a watching brief would have tatken place at such a sensitive spot . Although having said that the markings are not that clear to an unpracticed eye .
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A couple of new finds , ctually from about a month ago but light was poor so had to go back a couple of weeks later to get better pics . The possible standing stone was noted about six years ago but despite the packing I didn't feel like suggesting as a possible as they are so common but a recent visitcoupled with burnt heather led to the discovery of a sub circular enclosure that is not a hut circle ,too small and entrance is in the north and a cairn within 60 metres si I decided to consider it as a possible ,plus there is nothing upstanding like this for a couple of miles .
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Turrerich has proved to be a happy hunting ground over the past few years with 10 "new " finds to add to the single site (not pictured ) first noted in the 1960's . These are the most photogenic .The grid ref is a pretty central for most .
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Conglomerate rocks can often be confused for engravings and are generally avoided by engravers but this is a genuine example of some or all of the natural markings being enhanced .
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