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Places tagged “cup and ring”

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Megaliths3 Rock art sites2 Stone circles1

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Cairnbaan Cup and Ring Marks

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin Late Neolithic

Cup-and-ring schist panels above Kilmartin Glen with >100 carvings, c.3000 BCE.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Ormaig Rock Art

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin Late Neolithic

Forest clearing cup-and-ring cluster on Creag Mhor, 120+ motifs, c.3000 BCE.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Long Meg and Her Daughters

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Late Neolithic Cumbrian

Largest circle in northern England — 59-stone oval with 3.6 m outlier Long Meg bearing cup-and-ring spirals.