What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bankfoot, Scot's Wood 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, this cup marked rock is associated with ritual or ceremonial activity, common across prehistoric Britain. Such markings may have had symbolic, astronomical, or spiritual significance, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.
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Places near here
BankfootPit(s) (modern) · 429 yd
Bankfoot War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 840 yd
GaulsBarrow (prehistoric) · 861 yd
Bankfoot, Auchtergaven Parish ChurchChurch (19th Century) · 897 yd
A9, Bankfoot JunctionNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1001 yd
Glenshauch WoodWood · 1.6 mi
Charleston WoodWood · 2.9 mi
NorthleysNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.1 mi
Rohallion CastleTower House (medieval) · 3.6 mi
Caputh HillMountain / peak · 3.8 mi
Birnam Hill (King's Seat)Mountain / peak · 3.9 mi
Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie MemorialMemorial · 4.7 mi