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Cochno Stone
Large rock inscribed with petroglyphs in Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cochno Stone is a large cup and ring marked rock at Auchnacraig, Faifley, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland,[1] next to the Cochno farm.[2] It is also known variously as "Whitehill 1"[3]: 9 and "the Druid Stone".[3]: 2
The Bronze Age rock art is found on a stone measuring 42 by 26 feet (12.8 by 7.9 metres), and was documented in 1887 by the Rev. James Harvey.[3]: 3 It features around 90 carved indentations, considered to be one of the finest sets of petroglyphs in Scotland.[4]
The stone was reburied in 1965 to protect it against vandalism. In 2015 it was partially re-exposed for investigation during a 3-day dig by a team involving archaeologists from the University of Glasgow,[5] with a more complete re-exposure following a year later.[6]
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