What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cumnock Knowes as Cross Incised Stone (early Medieval), Mound (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Cumnock Knowes is associated with Saint Cumbus, a 6th-century Irish missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in southern Scotland. The site's name derives from "Cumbus's cnoc" (hill), reflecting its historical and religious significance in early Christian tradition.
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