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Boltachan Burn 1

Cup Marked Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Standing Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Standing Stone (prehistoric)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Boltachan Burn 1 as Cup Marked Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Standing Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Standing Stone (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone, marked with cup symbols, may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly linked to water or territorial markers. Cupmarked stones are often associated with ritual activity or astronomical observations in prehistoric Scotland.

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