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Rock ArtSite Name: Coilsfield (Tarbolton) Alternative Name: King Coil's Grave Stone; Old King Cole's StoneCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Ayrshire Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Prestwick Nearest Village: Tarbolton
Map Ref: NS44692624
Latitude: 55.505169N Longitude: 4.460656W
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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Rock Art in South Ayrshire
Recorded as Canmore ID 42713 this Coilsfield cup and ring stone was found on the underside of a grave-slab in a site also known as King Coil's Grave Stone or Old King Cole's Stone. It "contain(ed) a food vessel filled with burnt bones (and) was found when digging a gravel pit at Coilsfield. The cover-stone, which measured about 5ft by 2 1/2ft was sculptured with cup and ring marks, spirals etc."
Further information, including 1851 & 1866 sketches of the prehistoric carving, can be found on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their page for Coilsfield, Tarbolton, Ayrshire. TNA include a brief archaeology and history and some interesting folklore.
Note: the 1866 sketch shows a funerary urn which is remarkably similar to that shown for the Tarbolton Cist. Whilst recorded as two separate sites on Canmore (41713 and 42714), is it possible these two sites are related?
Note: This stone is recorded by Canmore as being lost - do you have any information which might help locate its current whereabouts?
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