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Bellshiel Long Cairn

Ancient burial place
Bellshiel Long Cairn
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Bellshiel Long Cairn is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Neolithic long cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–3000 BCE). It is significant as a rare and well-preserved example of a long cairn in the region, reflecting early communal burial practices and megalithic construction in Atlantic Europe.

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Photo: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0