Dunnichen
Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Dunnichen
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Welton
Canmore ID 33563
Site Number NO44NE 1
NGR NO 470 499
NGR Description NO c. 470 499
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Angus
- Parish Dunnichen
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO44NE 1 470 499.
Cup marked Stone: A slab found at Welton (NO 470 499) (OS 6" map, Forfarshire, 2nd ed., 1923), measuring 3' x 2'7", bears 17 cups, 4 surrounded by a single ring, 3 by a double ring, and 3 by a triple ring. In 6 cases, radial grooves spring from the cup. The slab is now preserved at Dunnichen House.
Part of the stone is said to still remain in the ground at St Peter's Well.
J R Allen 1882.
Dunnichen House has been demolished and rebuilt. The stone's whereabouts is unknown to the owner and an aged employee.
Information contained in letter from R W B Morris to OS, 18 May 1980.
Note (1978)
Welton NO508 489 NO54NW
There is a cup-and-ring marked stone at Dunnichen House, which was found at Welton (NO c.470 499).
RCAHMS 1978
(Allen 1882, 104-5; NO44 NE 1)
