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Balnabraid

Burial Cairn (bronze Age), Cist(s) (bronze Age), Cremation (bronze Age), Inhumation (bronze Age), Bead(s) (jet)(bronze Age), Beaker (bronze Age), Food Vessel(s) (bronze Age), Knife (flint)(bronze Age)
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balnabraid as Burial Cairn (bronze Age), Cist(s) (bronze Age), Cremation (bronze Age), Inhumation (bronze Age), Bead(s) (jet)(bronze Age), Beaker (bronze Age), Food Vessel(s) (bronze Age), Knife (flint)(bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bronze Age burial cairn with associated cists, cremations, and inhumations, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE. Its significance lies in the presence of jet beads and a beaker, indicating ritual practices and connections to wider Bronze Age cultural traditions in Britain.

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