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Eggerness, Garlieston

Cup and Ring Marked Rock (prehistoric), Cup Marked Rock (prehistoric), Rock Carving(s) (period Unassigned)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Eggerness, Garlieston as Cup and Ring Marked Rock (prehistoric), Cup Marked Rock (prehistoric), Rock Carving(s) (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art at Eggerness, Garlieston may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to territorial markers, celestial observations, or ancestral beliefs common in prehistoric Scotland.

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