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Submitted by Rockartuk on Tuesday, 31 December 2002 Page Views: 9626

Rock ArtSite Name: Broughton Mains
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Wigtown
Map Ref: NX45814565 Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.781994N Longitude: 4.399109W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

4 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

2 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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SolarMegalith visited on 22nd Sep 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

**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** submitted by SolarMegalith : Cup-and-ring marks on Broughton Mains 1 panel (photo taken on September 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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