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Tinlee Stone

Boundary Marker (period Unassigned), Standing Stone (prehistoric)
Tinlee Stone
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tinlee Stone as Boundary Marker (period Unassigned), Standing 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.
Tinlee Stone is likely prehistoric in origin and may have functioned as a boundary marker or ceremonial standing stone. Its purpose could also be linked to territorial demarcation or ritual use, common for such monuments in early Scottish landscapes.

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Photo: Graham Dalgleish · CC BY-SA 2.0