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Balblair

Cup Marked Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Pictish Symbol Stone (pictish)
Balblair
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balblair as Cup Marked Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Pictish Symbol Stone (pictish). 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.
Balblair is likely from the Neolithic or Bronze Age, given its classification as a cup marked stone, and may also have later significance as a Pictish symbol stone. Such stones were often used for ritual or ceremonial purposes and may hold symbolic or territorial meanings in prehistoric Scottish culture.

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Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0