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Castleton

Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)

Site Name Castleton

Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Castleton

Canmore ID 46818

Site Number NS88NE 10

NGR NS 85710 87970

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Stirling
  • Parish St Ninians
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Stirling
  • Former County Stirlingshire

Archaeology Notes

NS88NE 10 8571 8797.

NS 863 880. Cup and ring marked rock. Situated 100 yds S of Castleton farm, 30 yds E of wall, are 8 cups-and-up-to-five rings, up to 20" diameter, 3/4" deep, over about 16 yds along an outcrop shelf or low 'cliff'.

R W B Morris 1969

NS 8571 8797: A cup and ring marked rock, generally as described. Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (DWR) 8 February 1973

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Note (1979)

Castleton 3 NS 857 879 NS88NE 10

A rock outcrop bearing cup-marks surrounded by up to five rings.

RCAHMS 1979

Morris 1968, 72, no. 176

Note (27 April 2021)

Date Fieldwork Started: 27/04/2021

Compiled by: ScRAP

Location Notes: This panel was not located despite a very thorough search in a 50m radius of the area described in the Canmore record. The area is now under thick gorse and turf.

This record is a duplicate of ScRAP 1822 (from the Stirling HER).

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