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 approximately 3000–2500 BCE and is significant as an early example of communal burial and monument construction in northern Scotland.

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