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  • 5000-year-old Cochno Stone carving may be revealed

    08/10/2014 5:04:32 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 28 replies
    The Scotsman, tall and handsome built ^ | July 17, 2014 | Craig Brown
    The Cochno Stone in West Dunbartonshire bears what is considered to be the finest example of Bronze Age “cup and ring” carvings in Europe. The stone, which measures 42ft by 26ft, was discovered by the Rev James Harvey in 1887 on farmland near what is now the Faifley housing estate on the edge of Clydebank. It is covered in about 90 carved indentations, or “cups”, and grooved spirals, along with a ringed cross and a pair of four-toed feet... In 1964, Glasgow University archaeologists recommended it should be buried under several feet of soil to protect the carvings from further...