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<< Text Pages >> West Mains 1 & 2 (Turin Hill) - Rock Art in Scotland in Angus

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Rock ArtSite Name: West Mains 1 & 2 (Turin Hill)
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.8 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Angus Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Forfar  Nearest Village: Aberlemno
Map Ref: NO52145369
Latitude: 56.672512N  Longitude: 2.782597W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Rock Art in Angus

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) tell us about these cup marked stones, which are "not described in earlier surveys". For the first one, see West Mains (01), Turin Hill, Aberlemno, Angus, which includes directions for finding this stone together with a description.

For the second stone, see the TNA page for West Mains (02), Turin Hill, Aberlemno, Angus, which gives the same grid reference. TNA tells us: "The carving has just two distinct cups, as illustrated, between 2-3 inches across and half-an-inch deep. As with the adjacent carving, no other features seem to visible."

TNA adds: "this is one of two cup-marked stones close to each other along this long ridge of stone reaching across the field. The carving has three distinct cups, as shown in the photos, and another two more faded ones. No other features seemed visible when we were here. We must, however, be careful with this and other ‘cup-markings’ in the area, as a lot of the stone is conglomerate and nodules of differing forms of rock (visible on nearby stones) fall away, leaving cup-like impressions where the softer stone erodes. Some of the cup-markings listed in John Sherriff’s (1995) survey of this region seem to be purely geological in nature and not man-made."

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO5253 : North Mains of Turin by Anne Burgess
by Anne Burgess
©2007(licence)
NO5254 : Turin Hill from Aberlemno to Pitkennedy Road by Dominic Dawn Harry and Jacob Paterson
by Dominic Dawn Harry and Jacob Paterson
©2006(licence)
NO5153 : Turin Hill by Mary Rodgers
by Mary Rodgers
©2020(licence)
NO5253 : Turin Knaps by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2014(licence)
NO5153 : West Mains of Turin by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2009(licence)

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