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Broubster

Cup Marked Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Farm Building (19th Century) - (20th Century), Farmstead (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Broubster as Cup Marked Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Farm Building (19th Century) - (20th Century), Farmstead (period Unassigned). 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.
Broubster's cup marked stone is likely Neolithic or Bronze Age in origin, featuring simple pecked depressions typical of prehistoric ritual or territorial marking. No specific folklore is recorded, but such stones are often associated with ceremonial or astronomical functions in early Scottish settlements.

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