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Arran, Lochranza, Creag Ghlas

Cup Marked Rock (prehistoric)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Arran, Lochranza, Creag Ghlas as Cup Marked Rock (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, Creag Ghlas is a cup marked rock, a type of prehistoric rock art often associated with ritual or ceremonial activity. The carved cups may have been used for symbolic or ritual purposes, possibly linked to water sources or landscape features significant to early communities.

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