What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Templand as Cup Marked Rock (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, the cup marked rock at Templand is associated with ritual or ceremonial activity, common across prehistoric Britain. Such markings may have had symbolic, astronomical, or spiritual significance, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.
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Places near here
TemplandStanding Stone (prehistoric) · 314 yd
Nether WheedlemontCist (period Unassigned) · 517 yd
ScurdargueKiln (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 797 yd
KepplecruickFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1065 yd
Rhynie, Essie RoadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Tap o' Noth hill fortFort · 1.3 mi_(geograph_4711812).jpg?width=1280)
Corrstone Wood stone circleArchaeological place · 1.9 mi
Druminnor CastleCastle (medieval) · 2.2 mi
Hill of TowanreefMountain / peak · 2.4 mi
White Hill of BogsMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
Lumsden War MemorialMemorial · 3.3 mi
PercylieuNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.4 mi