Whitehill 9
Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)
Site Name Whitehill 9
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Faifley
Canmore ID 116637
Site Number NS57SW 70
NGR NS 50820 73680
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/116637
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Old Kilpatrick (Clydebank)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydebank
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS57SW 70 5082 7368
See also NS57SW 6, NS57SW 7, NS57SW 16, NS57SW 31, NS57SW 32, NS57SW 34, NS57SW 35, NS57SW 37, NS57SW 38, NS57SW 42, NS57SW 45, NS57SW 48.
Situated N of Faifley, SW of Whitehill is a site of numerous cup and ring-markings consisting of; one cup enclosed by four rings with cup between third and fourth rings plus one cup enclosed by three rings with one cup enclosed by one ring in outer ring, the two main sets interlocking with runnels from central cups feeding into natural basin; three sets of one cup enclosed by one ring, two sets linked by runnel, one set with runnel from cup ending in another cup; eight solo cups, two with runnels.
K Naddair et al, 1994; DES, Vol 50, 1994, p 61.
Desk Based Assessment (2012)
CFA Archaeology Ltd undertook an assessment of the cultural heritage implications of the proposed route of a replacement overhead line (XF Route) from Neilston, Renfrewshire to Windyhill, East Dunbartonshire.
Although 109 cultural heritage features were identified by the desk-based assessment of the 250m buffer around the proposed route of the replacement XF overhead line, very few of these lie along the route of the line, or in immediate vicinity of the location of any of the towers.
The overhead line replacement project has been assessed against the cultural heritage baseline. Taking into account the construction methodology to be employed and agreed mitigation strategy, it is considered that the development conforms to Local and National Policy relating to the cultural heritage resource.
Funder: Iberdrola
CFA Archaeology Ltd
Note (14 March 2019)
Date Fieldwork Started: 14/03/2019
Compiled by: ScRAP
Location Notes: A thorough search was made of the area within 40m of the grid reference, which is in woodland on the S facing slope of a hill. The ground here is deep in vegetation, tree roots and leaf litter, with few boulders and no exposed or easily accessible rock surfaces of the scale necessary for the carvings described in the Canmore record. One of the boulders featured engraved initials and a cup-like natural feature. It is likely that the Canmore record is referring to carvings some distance away, possibly those on the larger rock at Canmore 391, situated about 170m due west.