Tir Artair (01), Killin, Perthshire

Cup-Marked Stone:  OS Grid Reference – NN 59063 34807

Also Known as:

  1. Canmore ID 289905

Getting Here

Single cup-marked stone
Solitary cup-mark

Take the A827 road out of Killin to Fearnan and Kenmore.  A mile or so out of Killin, keep going go past the entrance to the Finlarig Power Station for just another 2-300 yards, keeping your eyes peeled for the small track on your right.  Go down here.   About 100 yards down the track bends, then another 50 yards it bends again – and just here there’s a small clump of trees, right by the bend.  You’re looking for the large flat rock therein.  You’ll see it!

Archaeology & History

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Close-up of cupmark

Although listed by the lads at Canmore, I can find no previous literary reference to this stone — which is a simple thing to be honest: probably of little value to anyone unless you’re a real petroglyph fanatic!  The large flat rock has a single large cup-marking on its northern edge, 3 inches across and nearly an inch deep.  If you’re gonna visit here, you may as well check out the standing stone further down, in the trees on your right.

© Paul Bennett, The Northern Antiquarian


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