Public art & sculpture · Central Scotland
Cochno Stone
Cochno Stone in Scotland Central, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Cochno Stone is a public sculpture in Scotland Central, United Kingdom. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Cochno Stone is a large cup and ring marked rock at Auchnacraig, Faifley, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, next to the Cochno farm. It is also known variously as "Whitehill 1" and "the Druid Stone". 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. It features around 90 carved indentations, considered to be one of the finest sets of petroglyphs in Scotland. The stone was reburied in 1965 to protect it against vandalism. In 2015 it was partially re-exposed for investigation during a three-day dig by a team involving archaeologists from the University of Glasgow, with a more complete re-exposure following a year later.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 55.9347, -4.3956
- District
- West Dunbartonshire
- Postcode
- G81 5QW
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Dunbartonshire
Sources
- wikidata: Q27957658 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cochno Stone (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cochno Stone?
- Cochno Stone is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode G81 5QW).
- Is Cochno Stone free to visit?
- Yes, Cochno Stone is free to enter.
- How do I get to Cochno Stone?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode G81 5QW. It sits within the West Dunbartonshire parliamentary constituency.