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Mondowie is a cup and ring marked stones located 500 metres west-north-west of Mondowie in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument consists of bedrock outcrops bearing prehistoric cup and ring carvings, a characteristic form of rock art found across Bronze Age Britain and Ireland. These ritual or symbolic markings were pecked into stone surfaces using stone tools, creating distinctive cups (circular depressions) often surrounded by concentric rings.
The carvings at Mondowie are positioned on natural exposures of the Arbutthott-Garvock Group, a Pragian sandstone formation interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone beds. This geological substrate provided a suitable surface for the ancient craftspeople who created these marks, though the softer strata have weathered significantly over the millennia. The sandstone exposure would have been a prominent natural feature in the Bronze Age landscape.
The site is protected as a Scheduled Monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM8106, recognising its archaeological and cultural significance. Cup and ring marked stones remain enigmatic expressions of prehistoric artistic tradition, their precise purpose and ritual meaning still debated by scholars. Mondowie's examples contribute to our understanding of Bronze Age symbolic practices and land use in early historic Perthshire.
Mondowie, cup and ring marked stones 500m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8106. View the official record →
Mondowie is a cup and ring marked stones located 500 metres west-north-west of Mondowie in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8106.
Mondowie, cup and ring marked stones 500m WNW of 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 SM8106.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Portend, palisaded enclosure 400m E of (1.6 km), Talla Castle (1.7 km), Lake of Menteith,Roman fort & camp (1.8 km).
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Mondowie, cup and ring marked stones 500m WNW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.