The ancient Caiy Stane, measuring 2.75m high and 1.55m wide and standing beside a residential road in the southern suburbs of Edinburgh. Erected some 5,000 years ago, its modern setting would be totally alien to those who put it here. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/caiystane/index.html

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The Caiy Stane, also known as the Kel Stane, Cat Stane or Camus Stane, is thought to have been a battle memorial stone.

Standing over 9 feet high on a summit, originally with wide views, this broad slab of red sandstone has a line of 6 prehistoric cup marks on the reverse. It may have been erected as early as the Neolithic period, possibly before 3000BCE, to denote a ritual or burial place.

Its setting (now a suburban Edinburgh street) is a little incongruous!

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