Sourlie Hill

Trip No.23  Date Added: 30th Nov 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc Country: Scotland (North Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Nov 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4

Log Text: Sourlie Hill Menhirs :

Dun Donald

Trip No.24  Date Added: 30th Nov 2019
Site Type: Hillfort Country: Scotland (South Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Nov 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Access 4

Log Text: Dun Donald :

Eglinton Park

Trip No.22  Date Added: 29th Nov 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement Country: Scotland (North Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 4

Log Text: Eglinton Park Settlement :

Lawthorn Mount

Trip No.21  Date Added: 29th Nov 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery Country: Scotland (North Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4

Log Text: Lawthorn Mount :

Loch Winnoch Crannog

Trip No.20  Date Added: 29th Nov 2019
Site Type: Crannog Country: Scotland (Renfrewshire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Aug 2019. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 3 Access 5

Log Text: Loch Winnoch Crannog :
No visible remains of the Crannog to be seen above the water level

Houston South Mound

Trip No.19  Date Added: 25th Jul 2019
Site Type: Cairn Country: Scotland (Renfrewshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 4

Log Text: Houston South Mound :

Houston Tumulus

Trip No.19  Date Added: 25th Jul 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery Country: Scotland (Renfrewshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2019. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 3 Access 4

Log Text: Houston Tumulus :

Back O' Hill Farm Cup Marked Stone

Trip No.19  Date Added: 25th Jul 2019
Site Type: Rock Art Country: Scotland (Renfrewshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3

Log Text: Back o' Hill Cup Marks :

Lawmarnock Cup Marks

Trip No.19  Date Added: 25th Jul 2019
Site Type: Rock Art Country: Scotland (Renfrewshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2

Log Text: Lawmarnock Cup Marks :

Broom Cist

Trip No.19  Date Added: 25th Jul 2019
Site Type: Cist Country: Scotland (Renfrewshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2019. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 2 Access 3

Log Text: Broom Cists :

Broomfields Menhir

Trip No.18  Date Added: 19th Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir) Country: Scotland (North Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4

Log Text: Broomfields Menhir :

A large Sandstone Menhir on the beachfront at Largs.

*Getting there ; Less than 10 minutes from the train, bus or ferry.

Exit the train station onto Gogo Street and walk West towards the beach, turn left and cross the bridge over Gogo Water and walk along Mackerston Place passing a putting green on your right. After 225m turn left up Charles Street then right down Broomfield Place, which changes to Broomfield Crescent at the juntion with John Street. You can't miss the Menhir.
From the ferry & bus stop you just follow the coastal path South. (800m from train station + 950m from ferry terminal and bus stop)

The Govan Stones

Trip No.17  Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Museum Country: Scotland (North Lanarkshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5

Log Text: Gobhain :

A fantastic collection of First Millennium Carved Stones. Of particular interest are the :

°SUN STONE ; Thought to be a repurposed Neolithic Standing Stone, this weathered Sandstone Menhir is nearly 1.7m tall. On one side there is a carved cross with Celtic style knotwork, below this is a Man hunting on a Horse (Similar to the ones seen on the Jordanhill Cross shaft and the Govan Sarcophagus)
On the opposite side of the stone is a Spiral Boss from which four Snakes swirl around it. Below this is a fret pattern carved into a square panel. The stone tapers towards a tenon at the top.

°SANDSTONE SARCOPHAGUS ; Officially this is said to have belonged to the 9th century Pictish King "Constantín Mac Cináeda", now called "Constantine I".
Some though think it may have belonged to a Brittonic Chieftain of Alt Clut called "Artur MacAeden", who died in the 6th century and later inspired the King Arthur stories.
When it was re-discovered in 1855 it had no lid and was empty. Possibly emptied by the Vikings after they settled the area, or perhaps it was emptied centuries before or after, we will never know.
This is unique in that is the only pre-norman Sarcophagus in Briton. Fantastic to look at in photo's, different ball game seeing it up close though. The carvings are superb, although the man on the horse is looking a little worse for wear when compared to older photographs.

°5 VIKING HOGBACKS : The largest collection of Hogbacks outside of Brompton. 4 of these are the largest Hogbacks discovered to date (Each weighing 1/2 ton) the other smaller one was loaned to the British Museum for the 'Vikings : life and legend' exhibition in 2014, although it is back home now.
Known Hogback sites : There is one Hogback in Eire, one in Wales, several sites across Scotland and a lot of sites found around the Yorkshire area.

*Getting There ; A 2 minute walk from Govan Subway station.

Come out the station and keep walking along Govan Road without turning, (Heading NW) you'll pass Water Row & Pearce Street before seeing the entrance way to the church on your right hand side.

Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery

Trip No.17  Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Museum Country: Scotland (North Lanarkshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5

Log Text: Kelvingrove :

An interesting collection of Neolithic & Bronze Age Artefacts. Of particular interest are the :

°OAK LOG BOAT ; Found at the Loch Glashan Crannog (1960)
°4m OAK LADDER ; Found at the Dumbuck Crannog (1898)
°CARVED CIST COVER ; Found in Argyll
°CUP & RING MARKED ROCKS ; Found in Bluebell Wood, Langside
°NEOLITHIC PETROSPHERES ; Found in Aberdeenshire
°CINERARY URNS ; Found in Knocken Hill, Lesmahagow
°NEOLITHIC AXEHEADS ; Found in various places
°BRONZE AGE WEAPONRY ; Found in various places

*Getting There ; Just over a 5 minute walk from Kelvinhall Subway station.

Come out the station and turn left, walk along Dumbarton Road passing an entrance to the Hunterian Museum on your left after 330m, the road name changes to Argyle Street here. Keep walking along Argyle Street over the River Kelvin and the front entrance to the Kelvingrove Museum is about another 330m walk.

Hunterian Museum

Trip No.17  Date Added: 19th Jul 2019
Site Type: Museum Country: Scotland (North Lanarkshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5

Log Text: Hunterian :

A small collection of Prehistoric Artefacts. Of particular interest are :

°13 PETROSPHERES (Largest collection in the world of carved Neolithic Petrospheres)
°10 NEOLITHIC AXEHEADS & HAMMERS
°3 TANGED ARROWHEADS
°2 COLLARED CINERARY URNS

There is no Archaeological information on display at these items, (Like when and where they were found) and as a whole the displays could be presented a little better. The Petrospheres are especially significant and deserve a whole display to themselves instead of being lumped in with non related items. Their historical rarity and significance should be highlighted.
As well as these prehistoric artefacts the Hunterian also houses a nice Mineral & Gemstome collection on the same floor.

*Getting There ; Just over a 5 minute walk from Kelvinhall Subway station.

Come out the station and turn left, walk along Dumbarton Road for 330m and you'll come to an entrance archway to the University of Glasgow (Which is an entrance to the Hunterian Museum) the road name changes to Argyle Street here. Walk up through the archway into a 'Maze' of streets and turns following the tourists (It is VERY BADLY signposted - it's like they don't want you to find it) until you find the entrance to the museum.

Goat Craig 1

Trip No.16  Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Rock Art Country: Scotland (Inverclyde)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 2

Log Text: Goat Craig Cup Marks 1 :

I spent 1 hour looking for these Cup Marks. But had no luck.

I went up and down the full shoreline looking at every rock behind the wall, but couldn't find this rock with 5 Cup Marks on it.

There are several possible reasons why I had no luck ;
1. There were a few rocks completely covered in moss, and it may have been one of these rocks.
2. A large portion of the wall along the Loch has fallen down, and some of the stones from this cover some of the natural rocks embedded into the ground.
3. It was discovered in 2007, a year we had high temperatures and low water levels. The guy who found it documented co-ordinates that placed the rock 'IN' Loch Thom. Perhaps during the low water levels of 2007 (When the Lochs edge would have been a few metres further in than usual) he actually found a rock in Loch Thom, at the waters edge - similar to the one he recorded at Daff reservoir.

*Getting there ; Access Goat Craigs from the Old Largs Road, which runs from Overton at the top of Greenock to Loch Thom (And onto Largs) It's just over an hours 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 and after 10 minutes you'll pass Whinhill golf course, from here its about an hours walk.
Keep on walking along the Old Largs Road for about 45 minutes and you'll pass the Gryffe reservoir, another 10 minutes and you'll arrive at Goat Craigs, follow the road around until you reach the small sandy beach bit. The Cup Marked Rock is recorded as being here.

Goat Craig 2

Trip No.16  Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Rock Art Country: Scotland (Inverclyde)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2

Log Text: Goat Craig Cup Marks 2 :

After spending an hour looking for Goat Craig '1', I only searched for these for 15 minutes, but due to not being able to locate 'GC1' I also found it difficult to locate Goat Craigs '2'.

Goat Craig is horrible terrain to walk over, it is uneven, rocky, boggy marsh, which makes it time consuming to navigate.
I think I now know roughly where 'GC2' are and will hopefully locate them on my next visit.

*Getting there ; Access Goat Craigs from the Old Largs Road, which runs from Overton at the top of Greenock to Loch Thom (And onto Largs) It's just over an hours 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 and after 10 minutes you'll pass Whinhill golf course,from here its about an hours walk.
Keep on walking along the Old Largs Road for about 45 minutes and you'll pass the Gryffe reservoir, another 10 minutes and you'll arrive at Goat Craigs, follow the road around until you reach the small sandy beach bit. The Cup Marked Rocks are recorded as being on the opposite side of the road from Goat Craig '1' Cup Marks.

Goat Craig 3

Trip No.16  Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Rock Art Country: Scotland (Inverclyde)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2

Log Text: Goat Craig Cup Marks 3 :

Cup Mark site under review ; more information coming soon.

*Getting there ; Access Goat Craigs from the Old Largs Road, which runs from Overton at the top of Greenock to Loch Thom (And onto Largs) It's just over an hours 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 and after 10 minutes you'll pass Whinhill golf course, from here its about an hours walk.
Keep on walking along the Old Largs Road for about 45 minutes and you'll pass the Gryffe reservoir, another 10 minutes and you'll arrive at Goat Craigs, follow the road around, passing the small sandy beach bit on your right. Keep heading in the direction of the island on Loch Thom and when you get to the turn in the road, turn and face the moors, you will see a low lying rocky outcrop, 7 Cup Marked Rocks were identified in this area.

Goat Craig 4

Trip No.16  Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Rock Art Country: Scotland (Inverclyde)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2

Log Text: Goat Craig Cup Marks 4 :

Cup Mark site under review ; more information coming soon.

*Getting there ; Access Goat Craigs from the Old Largs Road, which runs from Overton at the top of Greenock to Loch Thom (And onto Largs) It's just over an hours 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 and after 10 minutes you'll pass Whinhill golf course, from here its about an hours walk.
Keep on walking along the Old Largs Road for about 45 minutes and you'll pass the Gryffe reservoir, another 10 minutes and you'll arrive at Goat Craigs, follow the road around, passing the small sandy beach bit on your right. Keep heading in the direction of the island on Loch Thom and when you get to the turn in the road, turn and face the moors, you will see a low lying rocky outcrop, 7 Cup Marked Rocks were identified in this area.

Goat Craig 5

Trip No.16  Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Rock Art Country: Scotland (Inverclyde)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2

Log Text: Goat Craig Cup Marks 5 :

Cup Mark site under review ; more information coming soon.

*Getting there ; Access Goat Craigs from the Old Largs Road, which runs from Overton at the top of Greenock to Loch Thom (And onto Largs) It's just over an hours 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 and after 10 minutes you'll pass Whinhill golf course, from here its about an hours walk.
Keep on walking along the Old Largs Road for about 45 minutes and you'll pass the Gryffe reservoir, another 10 minutes and you'll arrive at Goat Craigs, follow the road around, passing the small sandy beach bit on your right. Keep heading in the direction of the island on Loch Thom and when you get to the turn in the road, turn and face the moors, you will see a low lying rocky outcrop, 7 Cup Marked Rocks were identified in this area.

Goat Craig 6

Trip No.16  Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Rock Art Country: Scotland (Inverclyde)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2

Log Text: Goat Craig Cup Marks 6 :

Cup Mark site under review ; more information coming soon.

*Getting there ; Access Goat Craigs from the Old Largs Road, which runs from Overton at the top of Greenock to Loch Thom (And onto Largs) It's just over an hours 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 and after 10 minutes you'll pass Whinhill golf course, from here its about an hours walk.
Keep on walking along the Old Largs Road for about 45 minutes and you'll pass the Gryffe reservoir, another 10 minutes and you'll arrive at Goat Craigs, follow the road around, passing the small sandy beach bit on your right. Keep heading in the direction of the island on Loch Thom and when you get to the turn in the road, turn and face the moors, you will see a low lying rocky outcrop, 7 Cup Marked Rocks were identified in this area.