What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Inch, Cat Stane as Standing Stone (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.
Edinburgh, Inch, Cat Stane is likely a prehistoric standing stone, potentially dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods. Its name may reflect local folklore or a traditional association with a cat or feline symbolism, though specific meaning or use remains unrecorded.
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Places near here
Edinburgh, Gilmerton Road, Nether Liberton DovecotDovecot (17th Century) · 161 yd
Edinburgh, Glenallan Drive, Inch HouseCommunity Centre (modern), House (17th Century), Sundial(s) (post Medieval) · 290 yd
Edinburgh, Gilmerton Road, Inch House, Facet-head SundialSundial (period Unassigned) · 296 yd
Inch House, LibertonNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 322 yd
Edinburgh, Dalkeith Road, Newington Cemetery ExtensionCemetery (19th Century) · 742 yd
Allotments between the cemetery and railwayChurch, cross or graveyard · 801 yd
Edinburgh, Cameron House AvenueNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 830 yd
Liberton Tower Mains farmCastle, fort or tower · 919 yd
The QuarryHeritage attraction · 1263 yd
Edinburgh, Liberton, Tower Or Castle of MalbetTower House (medieval)(possible) · 1398 yd
Agassiz RockNamed rock · 1720 yd
Roof Terrace of the Observatory on Blackford HillMountain or hill · 1721 yd