What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mull of Galloway as Cup Marked Stone (prehistoric). 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.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the Mull of Galloway cup marked stone is associated with ritual or ceremonial practices, common across prehistoric Britain. Such markings may have had symbolic, astronomical, or territorial significance.
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Places near here
Mull of Galloway, LighthouseLighthouse (19th Century) · 276 yd
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Visitor CentreVisitor Centre (modern) · 292 yd
RSPB Mull of Galloway Visitor CentreVisitor information · 295 yd
Kennedy's CairnMemorial · 887 yd
Mull of Galloway, Kennedy's CairnCairn (period Unassigned), Flint Scatter (prehistoric) · 887 yd
Cairnie HillMountain / peak · 896 yd
East TarbetBay · 1155 yd
LagganuskEnclosure (post Medieval) · 1376 yd
Fair Morn: West Tarbet, Mull of Galloway, North ChannelMotor Drifter (20th Century)-(1961), Motor Trawler (20th Century)-(1961) · 1.0 mi
Peep-o-day: Port Kemin, Rhinns of Galloway, North ChannelBrig (19th Century) · 2.0 mi
Knock KnoweMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
AuchneightCastle (medieval)(possible) · 3.3 miOther information
Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0