What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Blackburn as Cup Marked Stone (bronze Age)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the Blackburn cup marked stone may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, as such markings are often associated with symbolic or spiritual practices in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
Blackburn FarmFarm (period Unassigned) · 722 yd
Old Toll PlantationForest · 843 yd
EdingtonhillCist(s) (bronze Age) · 1246 yd
Edington HillPit Alignment (prehistoric)(possible) · 1391 yd
Harelaw Farm SteadingFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1552 yd
Jim Clark MemorialMemorial · 1.6 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
Hag WoodWood · 2.0 mi
Hutton CastleArmorial Panel (medieval), Castle (16th Century), Moated Site (medieval) · 2.0 mi
Horseley HillMountain / peak · 4.2 mi
LambertonTower House (medieval), Village (medieval) · 4.4 mi
Gallows LawNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.5 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0