What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Newton of Ballinloan as Cup Marked Stone (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 Early Bronze Age, the Newton of Ballinloan is a cup marked stone, often associated with ritual or ceremonial use. Such stones are thought to have had symbolic or spiritual significance, possibly linked to water sources or territorial markers.
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Places near here
Newton BridgeRoad Bridge (19th Century) · 228 yd
BallinlickTownship (period Unassigned) · 250 yd
BallinloanCup Marked Stone (prehistoric) · 497 yd
Logie BurnCairnfield (medieval) - (post Medieval), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Track(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 1039 yd
Falls of the BraanWaterfall · 1.2 mi
Torchuaig HillMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Dunkeld, the Hermitage, Ossian's CaveFolly (18th Century) · 1.8 mi
Pine Cone PointViewpoint · 1.9 mi
Falls of BraanWaterfall · 2.0 mi
Ossian's HallVisitor information · 2.0 mi
Niel Gow's OakOak · 2.5 mi
Polney CragCliff · 2.5 mi