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Craikness Hill 4

Cup Marked Rock (neolithic) - (bronze Age)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Craikness Hill 4 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.
Craikness Hill 4 is likely from the Neolithic or Bronze Age and features cup marks, which are commonly associated with ritual or ceremonial practices in prehistoric Britain. The exact meaning or use of the markings remains unclear, but they may relate to astronomical observations, territorial markers, or symbolic representations in local prehistoric belief systems.

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