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West Dron Cottages Cup-marked Stone is a prehistoric rock art site located in Perthshire, Scotland, situated approximately 800 metres south-south-west of West Dron Cottages. The monument consists of a single stone bearing cup marks—shallow, circular depressions pecked or ground into the rock surface. Cup-marked stones are among Scotland's earliest rock art, typically assigned to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, though their precise dating and purpose remain subjects of scholarly discussion.
The stone rests on bedrock composed of mafic lava and mafic tuff of Devonian age, part of the area's ancient volcanic geology. This Silurian to Devonian foundation of extrusive rocks would have been exposed or near-surface when the cup marks were created, providing a suitable canvas for this form of rock art. The geological setting reflects Perthshire's complex geological heritage and the Devonian volcanic activity that shaped the landscape.
The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM9444. Cup-marked stones found in isolation across the Perthshire landscape offer valuable evidence of prehistoric artistic practice and territorial marking, though their specific cultural context and meaning remain enigmatic to modern interpretation.
West Dron Cottages, cup-marked stone 800m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9444. View the official record →
West Dron Cottages Cup-marked Stone is a prehistoric rock art site located in Perthshire, Scotland, situated approximately 800 metres south-south-west of West Dron Cottages. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9444.
West Dron Cottages, cup-marked stone 800m SSW 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 SM9444.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Law,fort (1.9 km), Cairn Geddes, cairn (2.1 km), Edmund's Grave, burial cairn (2.9 km).
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West Dron Cottages, cup-marked stone 800m SSW of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.