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Upper Ballachandy

Cup Marked Rock(s) (prehistoric)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Upper Ballachandy 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.
Cup marked rocks at Upper Ballachandy date to the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods, commonly used for ritual or ceremonial purposes. Their circular depressions may represent symbolic or astronomical markers, though specific folklore or function remains unrecorded.

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