Buchanty Hill (Rock Carvings near Fowlis Wester)

All pictures copyright © 1999 Martin McCarthy

Looking southwest over Loch Mealitrodden to the low hill on which two stone circles stand. Large Image (134kb 646x860) Looking southwest to the fortified Mailquhanzie Hill. Large Image (157kb 642x920) Detail of the surface, with the compass showing south to be up the picture. A dumbell (two joined cups) can be faintly seen at the bottom-centre. Large Image (189kb 960x646) Looking across the surface. Large Image (116kb 992x482) Many cups can be seen, and a dumbell is fairly clear in the centre of the surface. Large Image (159kb 870x612)

Buchanty Hill is a couple of miles to the northwest of Fowlis Wester. Carved into a rock are around 30 cup, cup-and-ring and dumbell marks. Many of these are heavily weathered, but some are very deeply carved.