What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bute, Kerryfearn 5 as Cup Marked Rock (neolithic) - (bronze Age). 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.
Dated to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this cup-marked rock is likely associated with ritual or ceremonial practices common in prehistoric Scotland. Such markings may have held symbolic, astronomical, or spiritual significance, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.
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Places near here
Bute, Meikle KilmoryBuilding (19th Century), Well (period Unassigned) · 608 yd
Bute, BallianlayFarmstead (period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform(s) (post Medieval) · 1053 yd
Kilmory HillMountain / peak · 1089 yd
Bute, StraadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1161 yd
Bute, Loch Dhu DamDam (19th Century), Sluice (19th Century) · 1277 yd
StraadSettlement (prehistoric) · 1356 yd
St Ninian's BayBay · 1451 yd
Craw HillMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Auchintirrie WoodForest · 1.1 mi
Quien PlantationForest · 1.5 mi
ArdscalpsieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.0 mi