Caiy Stone brushed metal plaque
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
The National Trust for Scotland. The Caiy Stone. Standing at over nine foot high on a summit, originally with wide views, this broad slab of red sandstone includes a line of six, probably prehistoric, cup marks on its reverse face. The stone may have been erected as early as the Neolithic period, po
ssibly before 3000 BC, to denote a ritual or burial place. Records of cairns, cists and urns found in the immediate vicinity show that the hilltop continued to be used for burial in the Bronze Age. Di
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