Old Downie
Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Old Downie
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 180034
Site Number NO53NW 46
NGR NO 5184 3658
NGR Description Removed to NO 5193 3654
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/180034
- Council Angus
- Parish Monikie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
Field Visit (February 1997)
NO53NW 46 5184 3658 removed to 5193 3654
This sandstone boulder was ploughed up close to Old Downie farmsteading (NO53NW 45) in 1996; in February 1997, it was incorporated into a new garden wall of the farmhouse (NO 5193 3654). It measures 0.82m in length by 0.53m in breadth and 0.37m in thickness. A single cupmark on the present W face of the stone is surrounded by two incomplete rings measuring about 80mm and 140mm in internal diameter respectively.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), February 1997.
J R Sherriff 1999.
