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Allt Coire Charmaig is a cupmarked rock located 350 metres south of Corrycharmaig in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a natural rock surface bearing a series of prehistoric cup marks – shallow, circular depressions made by repeated percussion with stone tools. Such rock carvings were created during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods and are found across northern Britain, though their precise purpose remains uncertain; they may have held ritual, territorial or practical significance for the communities who made them.
The rock lies on bedrock of the Argyll Group, sedimentary strata of Neoproterozoic age composed of psammite, semipelite and pelite deposits. This ancient metamorphic landscape would have been familiar to the prehistoric peoples who carved the marks, with the rock face itself providing a durable canvas for their tool marks. The weathered surface and moorland setting preserve evidence of activity that occurred thousands of years before the modern settlement patterns of Perthshire took shape.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM10716, recognising its archaeological significance as a record of early human activity in the Highlands. The cupmarked rock survives as a tangible, if enigmatic, witness to Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement and belief in this remote mountain landscape.
Allt Coire Charmaig, cupmarked rock 350m S of Corrycharmaig is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10716. View the official record →
Allt Coire Charmaig is a cupmarked rock located 350 metres south of Corrycharmaig in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10716.
Allt Coire Charmaig, cupmarked rock 350m S of Corrycharmaig is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM10716.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Duncroisk,cup & ring marked rocks 450m SSE of (0.6 km), Duncroisk, cross-incised rock 325m NE of (1.1 km), Tirai,settlement and standing stone (1.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Allt Coire Charmaig, cupmarked rock 350m S of Corrycharmaig's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Allt Coire Charmaig, cupmarked rock 350m S of Corrycharmaig stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.