What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bute, Ettrick Burn 4 as Cup Marked Stone(s) (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, these cup marked stones are associated with ritual or ceremonial activity. Such markings may have had symbolic, astronomical, or territorial significance, though their exact meaning remains unclear.
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Places near here
Windy HillMountain / peak · 918 yd
Kilbride HillMountain / peak · 935 yd
Bute, KilbrideFarmstead (period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform (post Medieval) · 1606 yd
Bute, GlenmoreFarmhouse (19th Century) · 1634 yd
Bute, Glen MoreEnclosure (period Unassigned), Field Boundary (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1.2 mi
Bute, Colmac BridgeStanding Stone (prehistoric) · 1.4 mi
Wester Kames CastleCastle · 1.6 mi
Bute, Wester Kames CastleCastle (16th Century), Tower House (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 1.6 mi
Bute, Kames Castle, Gardener's CottageGardeners Lodge (period Unassigned) · 1.8 mi
Ettrick BayBay · 2.2 mi
Kames BayBay · 2.3 mi
Co-worker: Port Bannatyne QuayMotor Fishing Vessel (20th Century) · 2.4 mi