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Kilmichael Glassary Decorated Rock Sheet

Lochgilphead, Argyll

Large image (571x801 - 119k) Wide view of the main area looking southwest. Large deep teardrop shaped cups can be seen.
Large image (846x566 - 130k) Wide view of the main rock surface looking down-slope. An oval ring around three cups can be seen in the upper-left part of the decorated area.
Large image (564x584 - 82k) Wide view of the upper rock surface. This area contains large, deep cups with deep gulleys connecting several together.
Large image (850x586 - 130k) Wide view of the mail rock surface looking down-slope.
Large image (840x497 - 106k) Wide view with keyhole-ring around a cup in the foreground.
Large image (561x839 - 131k) Looking northeast across the mail area.
Large image (843x585 - 145k) Detail with one of the keyhole shaped decorations.
Large image (586x845 - 121k) Detail of the upper area. Some very large and deep cups here, some with wide and deep gulleys to connect pairs of cups.
Large image (849x582 - 132k) Detail of partial rings and gulleys around some of the cup marks.
Large image (842x576 - 140k) Detail of the lower eastern area.

Even in the Kilmartin area, rich in decorated rock sheets as it is, Kilmichael Glassary is a fine site. There are several rock faces and boulders that have been carved with cup-marks, and the best of these has been fenced off and is in state care.

The sloping rock surface has a fairly dense covering of deep cup marks. What makes this site a little unusual are the rings around some of the cup marks. Several are key-hole shaped rather than round. Others are incomplete rings. Some enclose several cup marks.

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