Notice of Additional Groups of Carvings of Cups and Circles on Rock Surfaces at High Banks, Kirkcudbrightshire
George Hamilton · Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland · 1889
At page 157 of Volume IX. of the Proceedings for 1886-87, I mentioned that it was intended to strip the turf from off a knoll on the farm of High Banks, in the parish of Kirkcudbright, as it was thought more of the archaic carvings such as I described in that paper might be found there.Last autumn we carried out our intentions, and laid bare a large portion of glaciated rock.Towards the centre of the northern side of this knoll, from which was removed about a foot and a half of soil and turf, we exposed a great many more of these sculpturings, some as sharply incised as if done quite recently, and others very much weathered and worn by exposure to atmospheric influences.The top of the knoll commands a most extensive view on all sides, excepting south-east, where a series of hillocks, rising up towards Bentudor and Bengairn, prevents one seeing to any distance, and on some of which, amongst rocks covered with whins, are to be found several carvings