Woodhill House
Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric), Cup Marked Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Woodhill House
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric), Cup Marked Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 142571
Site Number NO53SW 59
NGR NO 5182 3424
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Angus
- Parish Barry
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO53SW 59 5182 3424
NO 5182 3424 Some 200m W along an avenue of mature sycamores from the entrance to the wood SW of Woodhill House is a cluster of sizeable boulders, at least two of which bear cup marks. The boulders lie next to a track and appear to have been dumped in their present position after having been split or quarried from a larger boulder or outcrop. Another cup-marked stone from the same source is described at NO 5201 3428 (NO53SW 60)
The stone nearest the old track bears at least three cup marks and indications of a drill-hole in its split edge. The maximum dimensions of the stone are c 1 x 0.9m.
Another stone in the group, some 0.9m in maximum dimensions, bears at least two cup marks and a shallow pecked arc identical to that on the stone at NO 5201 3428 (NO53SW 60). It seems most likely that these two stones, and probably the others in the group, were quarried from the same large boulder or outcrop.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
I Armit 1998
