What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tom Nan Cadhag as Cup Marked Stone (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, Tom Nan Cadhag is a cup marked stone, often associated with ritual or ceremonial use in prehistoric Scotland. Such stones may have had symbolic, astronomical, or spiritual significance, though specific folklore or function for this example is not recorded.
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