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Rock ArtSite Name: West Mains 1 & 2 (Turin Hill)Country: Scotland
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County: Angus Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Forfar Nearest Village: Aberlemno
Map Ref: NO52145369
Latitude: 56.672512N Longitude: 2.782597W
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 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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