http://SaturnianCosmology.Org/ mirrored file For complete access to all the files of this collection see http://SaturnianCosmology.org/search.php ========================================================== Adapted from: *The Prehistoric Rock Art of Galloway & The Isle of Man* (page 150) by Ronald W.B. Morris Copyright 1979, ISBN 0 7137 0974 X ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *GAL 92 NETHER LINKENS* * /Coles 1894, p. 85-86/ * /K. Inventory 1914, no 420/ * /Morris & Bailey 1964, p. 167/ * /Morris 1966, p. 112/ *Outcrops 195 m NE of the farm, 72 km NE of Kirkcudbright, 6 km inland, open site, in rough grass. First reported by F. R. Coles (1894).* /NX 750 546 OS: old 81 and Kirkcudbright 49 SE; new 84 and NX 75 SE. 145 m (475 ft)./ Fourteen meters (15 yds) W of the field's E wall, in a rough wooded area, is a fairly prominent greywacke outcropping shelf, two meters by one meter, up to three-quarters of a meter high on its NW (17 ft x 3 ft x 2.5 ft). One meter to its NW is a greywacke boulder two meters by one meter, and one-third meter high (6.5 ft x 3 ft x 1 ft). On these, in 1894 there were- (a) On the outcrop shelf where sloping 30 degrees NW, ten cups-and-complete-rings, one with a radial groove from its cup and one with a tangential groove from the ring. Coles noted up to four concentric rings, and one was a possible 'start of a spiral'. In 1964-76, however, even when wet in low sun, all that could be traced was a cup-and-four-complete-rings with parts of a fifth ring and a cup-and-two-rings both practically weathered off. (b) On the boulder. on horizontal surface, a cup-and-four-complete-rings with about *50 straight lines radiating outwards* from the rings was noted-a practically unique design in Scotland. In 1964-76 none of these lines could be seen, but there is a faint cup-and-six-complete-rings. Greatest diameter-41 cm (16 in), carving depths negligible. *NETHER LINKENS--F. R Coles' sketch of the two rocks as they were in 1894.* *Now much less is traceable.* *[The rays have vanished]* Back to rocket example /The content and opinions expressed on this Web page do not necessarily reflect the views of nor are they endorsed by the University of Georgia or the University System of Georgia./