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station. But all my inquiries were fruitless to learn any- 

 thing of the cup - marked rock, until I very fortunately 

 met the forester of the Eohallion woods, who, with great 

 kindness, led me up the hill and showed me the rock. I 

 found it to be a natural feature on the hill-side, standing 

 in situ, and resembling, if I may so describe it, a low 

 pulpit, and well adapted, supposing such were the purpose 

 to which it was put, of forming a natural sacrificial altar. 

 The upper surface, about 4 feet by 5 feet, is quite in its 

 natural rough state except that it has five or six of the 

 ordinary cup-marks worked upon it. The vertically upright 

 front of the rock is without marks of any kind. The rock 

 overlooks the old Eohallion Castle, now a mere shapeless mass 

 of broken-down walls ; and these two remains of antiquity, 

 being near together on a hill consisting of many confused 

 features, may be presumed to have some connection one 

 with the other. 



In Strathtay I was fortunate to find for myself two good 

 examples of cup-marked stones. These are lying among a 

 gathering of other stones round a small stone circle between 

 Grandtully Castle and Aberfeldy, and immediately below the 

 ancient pre - Eeformation church of Pitcairn. The stones 

 composing the circle are massive and upright, but those 

 which are cup - marked are of no great size, flat, and 

 almost flush with the ground. The marks, however, are 

 very numerous, covering the entire surfaces of the stones. 



I am able to indicate another stone circle in the neighbour- 

 hood of Aberfeldy, where there is a good example of a cup- 

 marked stone. The existence of cup - marked stones in 

 connection with stone circles is noticeable, as it may afford 

 some guide to the purpose of the markings. This second 

 stone circle is four miles from Aberfeldy, on the road to 

 Kenmore, and close to the road. It is of a somewhat 

 exceptional design, consisting of two concentric circles of 

 stones both fairly complete, and the stones are very massive. 

 I have since heard of two other examples of cup - marked 

 stones in the neighbourhood of Aberfeldy, lying by them- 

 selves, and not in connection with stone circles. One is 

 on the hill -side to the east of Aberfeldy, above the new 

 distillery. The other is about three miles off, on the 



