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Rock ArtSite Name: The Cochno Stone Alternative Name: Whitehill 1Country: Scotland County: West Dunbartonshire Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Glasgow Nearest Village: Clydebank
Map Ref: NS50457388
Latitude: 55.934646N Longitude: 4.395598W
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 |
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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 16th Sep 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Andy B: would like to visit No 10. in Kenny Brophy's Top Ten Urban Prehistory site selections, compiled for our Old Stones book.
The Cochno Stone (NMRS: NS57SW 32), West Dunbartonshire, is located at the foot of the Kilpatrick Hills on the north-western edge of Glasgow, in an urban park in Faifley, a housing estate on the north side of Clydebank. It is one of up to 17 panels of rock-art in this area but by far the most extensive. The outcrop measures some 13m by 8m, is covered in scores of cup-marks, cup-and-rings marks, spirals and other unusual motifs. The surface is undulating, sloping sharply to the south, and is a ‘gritstone’ or sandstone.
In 1964 it was sealed, buried, put beyond use and rendered inaccessible. By archaeologists. For its own good.
This rock-art splattered outcrop, rich with cups, cup-and-rings marks, spirals and two four-toed footprints was deemed, in the 1960s, to be under threat from the urban expansion of Glasgow. The Council-built estate of Faifley, now in West Dunbartonshire Council, encroached almost to the Cochno Stone itself. Too close apparently...
My excavation is being carried out in collaboration with Spanish heritage company Factum Arte and the film-maker May Miles Thomas (director of the wonderful film The Devil’s Plantation). The plan is to make a super high resolution laser scan of the Stone once the topsoil has been removed, and then recreate an exact replica of the Stone, to sit in situ once the real Stone has been buried again. This is a very exciting project and it was a privilege to be one of the first people to see the Stone since 1964.
Read more at The Urban Prehistorian and follow the Live Tweeting of the dig.
Photo Credit: Kenny Brophy (with many thanks)
Below - Video Talk: Revealing the Cochno Stone - Dr Brophy speaks about last year's excavations
Note: The Cochno Stone and Faifley Rocks! an online talk with the history of the stone and all the latest on the project with Dr Kenny Brophy, available now to watch
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