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Cairnholy

Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)

Site Name Cairnholy

Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Cairn Holy; Kirkdale

Canmore ID 63673

Site Number NX55NW 16

NGR NX 51 55

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Kirkmabreck
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Wigtown
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Archaeology Notes

NX55NW 16 51 55.

NX 51 55. A cast of part of a rock bearing-a cup and three rings, the outer 10" in diameter, and a smaller cup in the line of the central ring, at the west march, Cairnholy, was donated to the NMAS in 1934 by D P MacLagan. (Acc No IA 38).

The original was not found in 1967-8 by Morris.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1934; R W B Morris and D C Bailey 1967

Not located.

Visited by OS (RD) 10 March 1972

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