Cleuch Stone, Cathcart Castle Golf Course
Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cleuch Stone, Cathcart Castle Golf Course
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 43807
Site Number NS55NE 16
NGR NS 55685 57470
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43807
- Council East Renfrewshire
- Parish Eastwood (Eastwood)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Eastwood
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS55NE 16 55685 57470.
NS 557 575. The "Cleuch Stone": On path side, 120 yds E of bridge, 6 yds SSW of stone gatepost, a flat outcrop of rock, normally turf-covered, bears a clear three-rings-and-cup, a faint cup-and-two-rings; two more have now been worn off by farm tractors. Mann found a quartz scraper here, but its present whereabouts is unknown.
L M Man 1938; R W B Morris 1966; Information from MS by R W B Morris; Information from the Glasgow Herald, 17 September 1930, illust: Daily Record 18 September 1930: Clarkston Mercury and Advertiser, 1 October 1965.
This outcrop, which is situated on the S side of the track extending through the middle of Cathcart Castle Golf Course, lies in a gap in the hedge that provides access to the fairways. The exposed portion, which measures about 1.5m by 1m, is heavily worn and no traces of cup-and ring markings are visible on its surface. The stone gatepost mentioned by Mann still stands in the hedge on the N side of the track at NS 55686 57476 and has two square sockets cut into its W face. The club secretary, Graham Sutherland, pointed out a grass-grown outcrop a little to the S of the track at NS 55674 57458 as a location where carvings may once have been visible.
Visited by RCAHMS (SH, IP) 18 June 2007.
