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<< Our Photo Pages >> Broughton Mains - Rock Art in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by Rockartuk on Tuesday, 31 December 2002  Page Views: 9330

Rock ArtSite Name: Broughton Mains
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.875 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Wigtown
Map Ref: NX45814565  Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.781994N  Longitude: 4.399109W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Broughton Main West
Broughton Main West submitted by rockartuk : Broughton Mains -1, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway Grid Ref: NX 4581 4565 Located on a small road between the B7004 and A746, W. of Garlieston, 850m NE of the farm on private land. Ask permission from the farmer. Detail of the most Western motifs with unusually connected motifs (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Dumfries & Galloway

Located on a small road between the B7004 and A746, W. of Garlieston, 850m NE of the farm on private land. Ask permission from the farmer.

For more information see Canmore ID 63189 which says: "At this spot there is a flat rock outcrop, measuring 17' by 11', protruding 2' from the ground, bearing 2 cups-and-3-rings, 9 cups- and-two-rings, many radial grooves and grooves and oval cups. These oval cups may be natural or early mining .... further carvings have been noted at this site (no details given)."
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Broughton Mains
Broughton Mains submitted by SolarMegalith : Cup-and-ring marks on Broughton Mains 1 panel (photo taken on September 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broughton Mains
Broughton Mains submitted by SolarMegalith : Motif on the southern sloping surface of the outcrop (photo taken on September 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broughton Mains
Broughton Mains submitted by SolarMegalith : Cup with multiple rings on Broughton Main 1 panel (photo taken on September 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broughton Mains
Broughton Mains submitted by SolarMegalith : Cup with single ring on Broughton Mains 1 panel (photo taken on Spetember 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broughton Mains
Broughton Mains submitted by rockartuk : Broughton Mains -1, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway Grid Ref: NX 4581 4565 Located on a small road between the B7004 and A746, W. of Garlieston, 850m NE of the farm on private land. Ask permission from the farmer. The Western motifs from another angle (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broughton Mains West Panel
Broughton Mains West Panel submitted by rockartuk : Broughton Mains -1, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway Grid Ref: NX 4581 4565 Located on a small road between the B7004 and A746, W. of Garlieston, 850m NE of the farm on private land. Ask permission from the farmer. The West panel of a greywacke outcrop . The site was first reported by L. M. Mann in 1915. On site 2 (NX452453) are some of Galloway's best-preserved cup-and-ring motifs an...

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