Keppochan Decorated Boulder

All pictures copyright © 2002 Martin McCarthy

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The line of markings run left-right across the boulder in this picture. Large Image (134kb 808x581) Along the line of cup-marks. Plenty other cup-marks can be seen either side of the line. Large Image (145kb 571x800) The top surface looking along the line of cup marks. Large Image (141kb 581x816) Another view of the top of the boulder. Large Image (139kb 808x567) A wider view in the same direction. Large Image (93kb 516x750) Detail of the cup-marks. Large Image (157kb 808x578) Looking straight down on the boulder. Large Image (153kb 808x583) Looking northeast across the boulder. Large Image (106kb 808x576) Looking west. Large Image (109kb 808x585) Looking northwest across Loch Awe towards Creag Thulach and Cruach Achadh na Craoibhe. The decorated boulder is in the centre foreground. Large Image (70kb 790x550) Another view to the northwest. Large Image (81kb 581x808) Looking southwest across the boulder towards Kilmartin. Large Image (75kb 808x564)

This large flattish boulder lies at a high-point of a ridge on the south shore of Loch Awe. There are over twenty cup marks - some quite large and deep - on the top surface of the boulder, nine of which mark a fairly straight line across the middle. The boulder itself is about 8 feet across at its widest dimension. The location gives clear views over much of the surrounding countryside at the northeastern end of the loch.