<< Our Photo Pages >> Castleton 7a - Rock Art in Scotland in Stirling
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Rock ArtSite Name: Castleton 7aCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.095 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Stirling Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Cowie Nearest Village: Old Plean
Map Ref: NS8552188188
Latitude: 56.072768N Longitude: 3.84065W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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SolarMegalith visited on 4th Mar 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
This is one of several known Castleton cup and ring sites near Castleton Farm. Canmore lists the coordinates as N 56 04.365 W 003 50.437, but that takes you to the center of a field. North of those coordinates is a ridge covered in gorse which is where the site is at N 56 04.366 W 003 50.439. A cow path leads you through over the small ridge and into a very overgrown quarry marked by angular boulders. Following the coordinates a faint path leads you to a small opening in the gorse. The flat site is covered with moss and gorse needles. You can gently sweep away the duff with your hand to reveal what appears to be Canmores's Castleton 7a which has, “1 cup-and-nine rings with 7 radial grooves; three cups-and-4-rings, four cups-and-3 rings; four cups-and-2 rings; four cups-and-1 ring, and parts of other figures, also 12+ cups and several grooves.”
For more information see: Canmore ID 46840
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