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Rock ArtSite Name: Whinhill Cup Marks Alternative Name: Whinhill Rock Art; Whin HillCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.827 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Inverclyde Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Greenock Nearest Village: Inverkip
Map Ref: NS2759074923
Latitude: 55.936352N Longitude: 4.761765W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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AstroGeologist visited on 21st May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Whinhill Cup Marks :
These Cup Marks are found on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Clyde and are as described in the main site description.
Located on a flattish piece of land on the hillside below Whitelees Moor, the rock is almost totally surrounded on all sides by Gorse, with only a small opening found when facing South. The two times I was there, there was people using the practise hole and the rock is right at the very edge of the putting green. After travelling so far I wasn't about to let them stop me so I set up my camera and started clicking away, the men soon left as the practise green is for club members to warm up on before a round, and these men clearly weren't paying club members, so I didn't feel too bad.
The place is very peaceful and the Rabbits were running from the Gorse and playing on the putting green once the men had left, apart from the Midges it is a very pleasant site. The Cup Mark on the very top of the rock (Usually hidden under Moss and other vegetative debris) is 5cm in diameter, and just over 1cm deep. The oblong carving is quite peculiar, it isn't smooth the way most (Not all) Cup Marks are. It has some rugged surfaces on the interior the oblong shape. It is approx 7cm x 14cm.
And on the other side of the rock across from the oblong shape is some sort of other depression/carving. It is quite possibly natural, but if it isn't natural and is man made it looks like someone started to make another oblong and gave up half way through chipping the rock out.
*Getting there ; Access the golf course from the Old Largs Road, which runs from Overton at the top of Greenock to Loch Thom (And onto Largs) The Cup Marks are about 15 minutes walk from Drumfrochar train station.
From the train station come out onto Peat Road and turn left, walk uphill taking your 3rd left after the last house. Walk up the Old Largs Road for 10 minutes and you'll see the entrance to the golf course, walk through the car park heading towards the river and follow the path around until you see the putting green straight ahead (By this time your facing East)
Cup Marks on a rocky outcrop next to Whinhill reservoir on the lower slopes of the Greenock Moors.
These Cup Marks were first documented for WoSAS in 2007 by "Louie Pastore". He documented an outcrop just outside the boundary fence of the golf course. It is surrounded by dense gorse next to a small putting green, the large rock overlooks the River Clyde, with the peak of Ben Lomond visible over the hills beyond the Clyde.
It bears one large Oblong Carving on its Northern slope, and a circular Cup Mark on the top. There is at least one other possible carving on the rock’s Eastern edge.
The rocky outcrop is situated 159m above sea level, and measures just over 1.2m³
For more information : Canmore ID 305448
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