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High Banks cup and ring markings
Neolithic–Bronze Age cup and ring carvings, Dumfries and Galloway
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High Banks cup and ring markings
54.8188° N, -4.0105° E
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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.
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