What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gourock Golf Course as Cup Marked Rock(s) (prehistoric)(possible). 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 rocks at Gourock Golf Course are associated with ritual or ceremonial practices, common across prehistoric Britain. Their precise function remains unclear, but they may have been linked to fertility rites, astronomical observations, or territorial markers.

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