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Balnuaran of Clava, North-east

Chambered Cairn (bronze Age), Cup and Ring Marked Stone (prehistoric), Stone Circle (bronze Age)
Balnuaran of Clava, North-east
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balnuaran of Clava, North-east as Chambered Cairn (bronze Age), Cup and Ring Marked Stone (prehistoric), Stone Circle (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.
Chambered cairn and stone circle dating to the Bronze Age (circa 2000–800 BCE), associated with ritual or funerary practices. The site is part of the Clava cairn group, significant for their well-preserved kerb cairns and satellite stone circles in the northern Scottish landscape.

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