A Sketch of the Cochno Stone by W A Donnelly in 1895

The Cochno Stone is a large

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ed rock at Auchnacraig,

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, Scotland, next to the Cochno farm. It is also known variously as "Whitehill 1" and "the Druid Stone". The

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is found on a stone measuring , 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

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s in Scotland. 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

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, with a more complete re-exposure following a year later.

References

External links

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Cochno
on CANMORE, Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

by

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. {{coord, 55.934682, N, 4.395705, W, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Archaeological sites in West Dunbartonshire Prehistoric sites in Scotland Petroglyphs Scheduled monuments in Scotland