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

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Thursday, 29 September 2016  Page Views: 5634

Rock ArtSite Name: Townhead Alternative Name: Grange Hill
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Kirkcudbright  Nearest Village: Townhead
Map Ref: NX69644705
Latitude: 54.801327N  Longitude: 4.029475W
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.
4 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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Townhead
Townhead submitted by SolarMegalith : Central motifs on the main panel, including cup with five rings and duct (photo taken on September 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Dumfries and Galloway

Among numerous panels of Townhead group only the main one is not covered over with turf. The motifs are well-preserved and connected with each other by channels, the largest one is a somewhat angular (reminding of Weetwood Moor 3a) cup with five rings. Among other interesting motifs there is an oval with two cup-marks inside and an occulus (two integrated cup-and-ring marks forming shape of eight). Just to the east there is a smaller rock surface with two cup-and-ring marks.

Not far from there is a turf-covered panel with well-preserved rosette.

For more information see Canmore entry and Canmore ID 63900 which says there are four sets of cup and ring marks on a few flat outcrops of rock "in a field N of Townhead Plantation. They are (i) cup and 2 rings and 2 cups; (ii) cup and faint ring and a dumb-bell; (iii) 2 cup-and-one-ring, 3 cups and other, possibly natural, marks; (iv) a cup and irregular groove partly enclosing it."
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Townhead
Townhead submitted by SolarMegalith : A general view of the main panel (photo taken on September 2016). (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Townhead
Townhead submitted by SolarMegalith : A smaller rock surface just east of the main panel is decorated with two cup-and-ring marks (photo taken on September 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Luke's Church (Townhead)
St Luke's Church (Townhead) submitted by Anne T : On the top of the cross shaft, a shallow cross has been carved, with a small 'cup' at each terminal. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Luke's Church (Townhead)
St Luke's Church (Townhead) submitted by Anne T : Standing just to the south west of the cross base and shaft, looking at the southern wall of the church. No carvings are evident on this side of the base or cross shaft, although there is a large depression towards the top of the cross shaft, which looks like it has been damaged at some point. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Luke's Church (Townhead)
St Luke's Church (Townhead) submitted by Anne T : The northern side of the cross base and shaft fragment. Any carvings on it are too heavily weathered to make out.

St Luke's Church (Townhead)
St Luke's Church (Townhead) submitted by Anne T : The cross sits right next to a tall sandstone grave stone, immediately south of the junction of the nave and the chancel.

Townhead
Townhead submitted by SolarMegalith : Close-up of the oval motif with two cup-marks (photo taken on September 2016).

Townhead
Townhead submitted by SolarMegalith : Townhead 1 in its landcape context - view to the SE (photo taken on September 2016).

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Re: Townhead by SpaceTravellor on Friday, 14 October 2016
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A central Cup Mark and Concentric Rings most likely represents the celestial pole and the revolving stars.

Read more here of different Rock Art Sybols and their cosmological meanings:

www. native-science.net/NorthPole.Centre.htm

www. native-science.net/Stars.Constellations.htm
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Re: Townhead by Anonymous on Friday, 14 October 2016
I we sure these are not for washing acorn meal to leach the tanin?
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