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High Banks cup and ring markings

Neolithic–Bronze Age cup and ring carvings, Dumfries and Galloway

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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.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
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Petroglyphs
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United Kingdom

Coordinates

54.82° N, -4.01° E