What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Townhead 9 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 9 is a cup marked rock, a type of prehistoric rock art often associated with ritual or ceremonial activity. Such markings may have held symbolic, spiritual, or social significance for early communities.
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Places near here
GrangeCup and Ring Marked Rock (prehistoric) · 1163 yd
TownheadCup and Ring Marked Rock (prehistoric) · 1170 yd
Crofthead CottageFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1449 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
Bombie HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Torrs CaveCave (period Unassigned) · 2.0 mi
Long AcreWood · 2.3 mi
Just: Senwick Bay, Kirkcudbright Bay, Solway FirthBrig (19th Century) · 2.4 mi
Jock's BayBay · 2.5 mi
Stewartry MuseumMuseum · 2.5 mi
Kirkcudbright GalleriesGallery · 2.5 mi