Auchentorlie (removed)

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art
NS434746

Also known as:

Greenland

Nearest town:

Dumbarton (3km SSW)

OS reference:

NS434746

OS sheet:

Latitude:

55° 56' 19.69 N

Longitude:

4° 30' 26.97 W

Added to TMA by

Paulus

Sites (1)
Images (2)
Fieldnotes (1)
Miscellaneous (1)
Links (1)

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Images

Image of Auchentorlie (removed) (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) by rockartwolf

Image taken from a report by Ronald Morris in the Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society published in 1965. Sketches are of carvings near Greenland Farm.

wolfy

Image credit: Ronald Morris

rockartwolf Jan 17, 2006

Image of Auchentorlie (removed) (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) by greywether

This photo was taken by my wife while working on the 1993 pre-removal excavations.

It shows the four cup and ring motifs which appear at the top right of the Bruce plan posted by Paulus.

greywether May 24, 2004

Articles

Auchentorlie (removed)

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art

macmegalith May 23, 2004

hi Paulus and friends,
well just a wee amendment to the travel details to the sight.coming from glasgow or from the west , there are parking spaces right beside the quarry entrance on both sides of the road 50 meters from the quarry entrance.Or, you can check with the guy at the weighbridge beside the entrance and drive up.The roads not perfect but any car will make it fine.Otherwise its a 30 minute hike all the way up.As Paulus said, the site is right at the top of the hill and is noted as an iron age fortification.Like many such sites though , it has been used by all peoples from many epochs.
Now, I have to admit that in my excitement to go see, i presumed that the carvings were on one particular boulder .So, I spent all day hunting for the elusive markings but on reflection I was standing on the darned thing looking for what was beneath my feet.So,sorry..I cant post anything interesting.Its actually the whole east facing outcrop which is pretty much overgrown.Its only when I came back and reviewed the data that I realised what a chump i had been.Anyway, shall be going back in the next few days to do some proper investigation.
cheers for now
macmegalith

Auchentorlie (removed)

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art

greywether May 24, 2004

The cup and ring marked rocks at Auchentorlie (aka Greenland) were threatened by encroaching quarrying and removed in 1994 following detailed analysis and planning including excavation of part of the surrounding area.

It was intended that they subsequently appear as part of a number of public displays but this had not happened the last time I went looking for them.