Cochno Stone
United Kingdom · Europe
Scotland's finest cup-and-ring panel sleeps beneath the turf that protects it
Age
~5,000 yrs
Period
Neolithic–Early Bronze Age
Setting
Open-air
Art form
Petroglyphs
Discovered
1887
Status
Buried for Protection
On a hillside above Clydebank lies one of Britain’s richest prehistoric carved surfaces: a thirteen-by-eight-metre sandstone sheet covered with around ninety cup-and-ring hollows, spirals and grooves cut some five thousand years ago. First recorded in 1887 and buried in 1965 to stop vandalism, the Cochno Stone was briefly uncovered and laser-scanned in 2016 — today it survives unseen beneath the grass.
Notable Features
- ◦ Ninety cup-and-ring carvings
- ◦ 2016 excavation and digital scan
- ◦ Faifley hillside setting
Depicted Subjects
Abstract SignsSpiralsGeometric Shapes
Plan a Visit
AccessClosed to the public.
Sources & Further Reading
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