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Feadan is a cup-and-ring marked rock located in Perthshire, Scotland, approximately 930 metres north-west of the parish church. The monument consists of a natural rock surface decorated with a series of shallow cupules, or cup-marks, surrounded by concentric rings—a form of prehistoric rock art characteristic of the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in Britain and Ireland. The rock sits upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, a sequence of metamorphic sedimentary rocks formed during the Neoproterozoic era, comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite strata that underlie much of the Scottish Highlands.
Cup-and-ring marked rocks served significant ritual, territorial or astronomical purposes within prehistoric communities, though their precise function remains debated by scholars. The carvings at Feadan reflect the broader tradition of rock art found across northern Britain, particularly concentrated in areas of upland grazing and resource exploitation. Such monuments often cluster in specific landscapes, suggesting their makers selected particular topographic or geological settings for these markers.
The rock at Feadan is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10404, recognising its archaeological significance and its contribution to understanding Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement patterns and symbolic practices in Perthshire.
Feadan, cup-and-ring marked rock 930m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10404. View the official record →
Feadan is a cup-and-ring marked rock located in Perthshire, Scotland, approximately 930 metres north-west of the parish church. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10404.
Feadan, cup-and-ring marked rock 930m NW of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM10404.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lawers Mill,stone circle 320m NE of (2.6 km), Old Lawers Village, deserted settlement and burial ground 250m NNE of Lawers Pier (3.2 km), Carn Ban,cairn,Ardtalnaig (3.4 km).
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Feadan, cup-and-ring marked rock 930m NW of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.