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Wester Auchleskine
Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Wester Auchleskine
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Wester Achleskine 1
Canmore ID 24154
Site Number NN52SW 7
NGR NN 54586 20874
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24154
- Council Stirling
- Parish Balquhidder
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN52SW 7 5458 2087.
About 400 yards directly east of the farmhouse of Wester Auchleskine, Balquhidder, the author found a group of three large, water-worn boulders of mica-schist. The largest is c.15 feet long, 7 feet broad and 5 feet above ground. On its top are seven cup-marks, 1 1/2 -5 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep. There may have been more cup-marks as the top of the stone is broken and there are several faint hollows.
J M Gow 1887.
This stone, as described by Gow, is at NN 5458 2087. The marks are very weathered but seem to be artificial, particularly the larger cups. Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (W D J) 29 November 1968.
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (B S) 20 March 1979.1968.
Note (1979)
Wester Achleskine 1 NN 545 208 NN52SW 7
A massive boulder bearing cup-marks.
RCAHMS 1979
Gow 1 887, 86- 7
