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Bombie
Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)
Site Name Bombie
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Bombie 3
Canmore ID 77658
Site Number NX74NW 67
NGR NX 724 499
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/77658
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcudbright
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX74NW 67 724 499.
3 cups in total (2 solo); 1 cup surrounded by 8 rings with the quarter section of a 9th ring (a runnel descends from the central cup steeply towards the SE); 1 central ring (complete) is surrounded by 4 further rings (gapped) the outermost possessing a cup (runnel from central ring descends to SE); 1 central ring (complete) is surrounded by a further 4 complete rings (runnel descends ENE).
K Naddair, L Lees and R Morris 1989.
