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St. Patrick’s Well, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

Holy Well (destroyed):  OS Grid Reference – NX 0010 5412 Also Known as: Canmore ID 60610 Archaeology & History This long-lost  holy well was located on the southeast side of the town.  It was highlighted on the first OS-map in 1849, but … Continue reading →

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St. Patrick’s Stone, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire

Posted on October 19, 2017 by

Cup-Marked Stone (destroyed):  OS Grid Reference – NX 0010 5411 Archaeology & History Very little is known about this long-lost carving, whose primary information comes from the folklore records.  Apparently it was found on a rock a short distance south … Continue reading →

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High Banks (03), Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire

Posted on December 1, 2015 by

Cup-and-Ring Stone (lost):  OS Grid Reference – NX 709 489 Archaeology & History The drawing here is another by the legendary Fred Coles, previously unpublished until Maarten van Hoek (1990) brought it out of the dusty archives of the Stewartry … Continue reading →

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High Banks (02), Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire

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Cup-and-Ring Stone (lost):  OS Grid Reference – NX 709 489 Archaeology & History This impressive carving was found somewhere in the vicinity of the well-known High Banks (01) cup-and-ring menagerie, with its clustered mass of cups and multiple rings.  And … Continue reading →

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Skip Knowe, Newton, Dumfriesshire

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

Standing Stone:  OS Grid Reference – NY 1118 9443 Also Known as: Site no.66950 (Canmore ID) Skipknowe Getting Here From junction 16 on the A74(M) turn off an go up the B7076 road, roughly parallel with the motorway, for about … Continue reading →

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