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Latitude: 54.8506 / 54°51'2"N
Longitude: -4.0134 / 4°0'48"W
OS Eastings: 270830
OS Northings: 552500
OS Grid: NX708525
Mapcode National: GBR 0DDB.XZ
Mapcode Global: WH4WC.BB3T
Entry Name: Brockcleugh Cottage,cup and ring marked rocks 600m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 31 August 1928
Last Amended: 4 July 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1005
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art
Location: Kirkcudbright
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Dee and Glenkens
Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire
The monument comprises a rock outcrop carved with cup and ring markings. The outcrop faces NE, and is steeply inclined. It bears at least seventeen cup marks, some of which have concentric rings, up to five in number on one example. Many of the cupmarks with rings also have radial grooves running from the centre outwards. These markings are most probably of early Bronze Age date (about 1500 BC). The area to be scheduled is a circle 15m in diameter centred 65m SSW of the N boundary of North Brockcleugh field and 115m WNW of its E boundary. This includes the rock outcrop and a small area around in which evidence relating to the carving or the possible ritual use of the site may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a complex member of a large group of such carvings in Galloway, probably created in the Bronze Age. The purpose of these carvings is not known, but they may be an expression of the territorial possession or claims of particular groups. Study of these monuments may, in time, contribute to our understanding of prehistoric social organisation.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS - NX75SW 7
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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