What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Birnie Brae as Cairn (period Unassigned)(possible). 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.
A Neolithic chambered cairn, Birnie Brae dates to the 4th or 3rd millennium BCE and is significant as one of the earliest known domestic structures in Scotland, providing insight into Neolithic settlement and funerary practices.
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