Cochno Stone Explained

The Cochno Stone is a large cup and ring marked rock at Auchnacraig, Faifley, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, next to the Cochno farm.^[1] It is also known variously as "Whitehill 1" and "the Druid Stone".

The Bronze Age rock art is found on a stone measuring 42by, and was documented in 1887 by the Rev. James Harvey.^[2] It features around 90 carved indentations, considered to be one of the finest sets of petroglyphs in Scotland.^[3]

The stone was reburied in 1965 to protect it against vandalism. In 2015 it was partially re-exposed for investigation during a 3-day dig by a team involving archaeologists from the University of Glasgow,^[4] with a more complete re-exposure following a year later.^[5]

External links

• Web site: Site photograph: detail of markings. Canmore. Historic Environment Scotland. 5 August 2016.
• Cochno on CANMORE, Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
• High-resolution image viewer of the Cochno Stone by Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Conservation.

55.9347°N -4.3957°W

Notes and References

1. News: Dig to unearth prehistoric Cochno Stone. 1 October 2017. BBC News. 7 September 2016.
2. Brophy. Kenneth. March 2018. ‘The finest set of cup and ring marks in existence’: the story of the Cochno Stone, West Dunbartonshire. Scottish Archaeological Journal. 40. 1. 1471-5767. 10.3366/saj.2018.0092.
3. News: 5000-year-old Cochno Stone carving may be revealed. Brown. Craig. 17 July 2014. The Scotsman. 5 August 2016.
4. News: Historic Cochno Stone uncovered by archaeologists. 17 September 2015. Clydebank Post. 5 August 2016.
5. News: Fire crews fighting mud for Cochno Stone archaeologists. 12 September 2016. BBC News. 12 September 2016.