What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glentarf as Cup Marked Rock(s) (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 rocks at Glentarf are associated with ritual or ceremonial practices, common across prehistoric Britain. Such markings may have had symbolic, astronomical, or spiritual significance, though their exact meaning remains unclear.
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Places near here
GlentarfFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 229 yd
AuchingarrichCup Marked Rock(s) (prehistoric) · 557 yd
Mill of FortuneArchaeological place · 912 yd
FairnessFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Lurgan HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Comrie, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 1.3 mi
TorlumMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
DalginrossNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
Comrie, Dunira Street, White KirkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.0 mi
Craggish KnowesWood · 2.1 mi
Sir David Baird's MonumentMemorial · 2.3 mi
Twenty Shilling WoodWood · 2.3 mi