High Banks cup and ring markings

High Banks cup and ring markings are a series of Neolithic or Bronze Age carvings on an outcrop of rock near High Banks farm, 3km SE of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway. They are one of the best collections of cup and ring markings in Galloway.[1][2][3][4]

High Banks cup and ring markings
Coordinates54.818811°N 4.010475°W / 54.818811; -4.010475
OS grid referenceNX 70917 48960
Designated21/08/1928
Reference no.SM1028
Location of High Banks cup and ring markings in Dumfries and Galloway

References

  1. "High Banks | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  2. "High Banks Farm,cup and ring marked rocks 350m SE of (SM1028)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  3. Stell, Geoffrey (1996). Dumfries and Galloway. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: The Stationary Office. p. 169. ISBN 0-11-495294-9. OCLC 36079767.
  4. 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.
  5. "Rock Art Database - Scotland's Rock Art Project". www.rockart.scot. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
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