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Auchnacraig
Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)
Site Name Auchnacraig
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Clydebank
Canmore ID 44539
Site Number NS57SW 36
NGR NS 501 736
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44539
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Old Kilpatrick (Clydebank)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydebank
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS57SW 36 501 736
See also NS57SW 21, NS57SW 33, NS57SW 71.
Situated 90m (100 yds) NE of No. 53 Auchnacraig Rd., Clydebank, 45m (50 yds) W of electricity pylon XF 76 and SW of a deep gully, is a rough but mostly horizontal gritstone sheet 5m by 3 1/2m and up to 1/2m high (17ft x 12ft x 1 1/2ft) partly intersected by deep turf. On it are 3 cups-and-two-rings, 5 cups-and-one-ring, all much weathered and probably un-gapped, up to 17cm (7ins) diameters, some with radial or connecting grooves, and about 35 cups up to 2cm (1ins) deep. Much of this is only visible when wet in low sun.
R W B Morris 1969; R W N Morris 1981; RCAHMS 1978.
Desk Based Assessment (2012)
CFA Archaeology Ltd undertook an assessment of the cultural heritage implications of the proposed route of a replacement overhead line (XF Route) from Neilston, Renfrewshire to Windyhill, East Dunbartonshire.
Although 109 cultural heritage features were identified by the desk-based assessment of the 250m buffer around the proposed route of the replacement XF overhead line, very few of these lie along the route of the line, or in immediate vicinity of the location of any of the towers.
The overhead line replacement project has been assessed against the cultural heritage baseline. Taking into account the construction methodology to be employed and agreed mitigation strategy, it is considered that the development conforms to Local and National Policy relating to the cultural heritage resource.
Funder: Iberdrola
CFA Archaeology Ltd
