High Banks cup and ring markings
| High Banks cup and ring markings | |
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| Coordinates | 54°49′08″N 4°00′38″W / 54.818811°N 4.010475°W |
| OS grid reference | NX 70917 48960 |
| Designated | 21/08/1928 |
| Reference no. | SM1028 |
  Location of High Banks cup and ring markings in Dumfries and Galloway | |
The High Banks cup and ring markings are a series of Neolithic or Bronze Age carvings on an outcrop of rock near High Banks farm, 3 km SE of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway. They are one of the best collections of cup and ring markings in Galloway.[1][2][3][4][5]
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References
[edit]- ^ "High Banks | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "High Banks Farm, cup and ring marked rocks 350m SE of (SM1028)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ Stell, Geoffrey (1996). Dumfries and Galloway. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: The Stationery Office. p. 169. ISBN 0-11-495294-9. OCLC 36079767.
- ^ Morris, Ronald W. B. (1979). The Prehistoric Rock Art of Galloway & The Isle of Man. Poole: Blanford Press. pp. 112–113. ISBN 0-7137-0975-8.
- ^ "Rock Art Database - Scotland's Rock Art Project". www.rockart.scot. Retrieved 9 August 2020.