What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Townhead 5 as Cup Marked Rock (neolithic) - (bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, Townhead 5 is a cup marked rock, a type of prehistoric rock art often associated with ritual or ceremonial activity. Such markings may have held symbolic, social, or astronomical significance, though specific meaning or folklore related to this site is not recorded.
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Places near here
TownheadCup and Ring Marked Rock (prehistoric) · 1063 yd
GrangeCup and Ring Marked Rock (prehistoric) · 1072 yd
Crofthead CottageFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1451 yd
Galtway HillFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Star: Point of the Isle, St Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright Bay, Solway FirthSmack (20th Century) · 1.9 mi
Torrs CaveCave (period Unassigned) · 2.0 mi
Bombie HillMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Long AcreWood · 2.3 mi
Just: Senwick Bay, Kirkcudbright Bay, Solway FirthBrig (19th Century) · 2.3 mi
Jock's BayBay · 2.4 mi
Stewartry MuseumMuseum · 2.5 mi
Kirkcudbright GalleriesGallery · 2.5 mi