What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sandbank, Ardnadam Glen as Cup Marked Rock (period Unknown). 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 in Scotland are typically associated with the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age periods, often linked to ritual or ceremonial use. While the specific meaning of Sandbank, Ardnadam Glen is not recorded, such markings may have had symbolic, astronomical, or social significance within prehistoric communities.
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Places near here
ArdnadamBurial Ground (early Medieval), Chapel (early Medieval), Settlement (prehistoric) · 40 yd
Sandbank CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 605 yd
The Dunan, Loch LoskinNatural Feature (period Unknown) · 742 yd
Ardnadam, PierPier (period Unassigned) · 1458 yd
Dunoon, Dunoon SchoolSchool (period Unassigned) · 1611 yd
Sandbank War MemorialMemorial · 1697 yd
Finbracken HillMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Unknown: Lazaretto Point, Holy Loch, Upper Firth of ClydePontoon (period Unknown), Craft (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Holy LochBay · 1.4 mi
Puffin RockNamed rock · 1.5 mi
Bird HideViewpoint · 1.6 mi
Castle House Museum DunoonMuseum · 1.8 mi