Detail of pecked, triple prehistoric cupmarks on the E side of a rock outcrop at Brough, Whalsay, Shetland, Scotland, UK: there are at least 30 cups.


Detail of pecked, triple prehistoric cupmarks on the E side of a rock outcrop at Brough, Whalsay, Shetland, Scotland, UK. There are at least 30 cups arranged in two groups on the outcrop. Believed to be Bronze Age or earlier, cupmarks are rarely found in Shetland.


Size: 3849px × 2667px
Location: Brough Cupmarks, Symbister, Whalsay, Shetland, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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