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Glentarf

Cup Marked Rock(s) (prehistoric)

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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