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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 728510
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/728510
NX74NW 42 73 48.
(NX 733 488) A group of 'rock scribings' were found in 1896 by Col. Franchlyn of Cargen Holm, near Dumfries, situated several hundred yds from NX74NW 40, and higher up among the moors. They were not found in 1965 and may possibly have worn off.
F R Coles 1899; R W B Morris and D C Bailey 1967
Not located.
Visited by OS (RD) 18 January 1971
