Townhead 23
Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Townhead 23
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 368683
Site Number NX64NE 135
NGR NX 69970 47155
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/368683
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcudbright
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
Note (17 May 2020)
Date Fieldwork Started: 17/05/2020
Compiled by: ScRAP
Location Notes: The panel is thought to be situated at the bottom (eastern) end of a field of improved pasture on the NW edge of a low knoll where the carved outcrops Townhead 18-24 are located, and about 5m W of Townhead 22, about 30m W of burn/ditch on field boundary, and 30m NE of prominent crescent-shaped knoll covered in field clearance, where the carved rocks Townhead 13-17 are located. It was not located in the field and is thought to be under deep turf. Townhead 23 was originally recorded as Townhead 6 by van Hoek and Townhead 2c by Naddir et al. It is grouped with Townhead 22 and 24 (Naddir et al's Townhead 2a and 2b; van Hoek's 5 and 7) under Canmore 77806).