
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Boghead as Cist (period Unassigned), Beaker (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Boghead is a Neolithic cist tomb, likely dating to the Beaker period. Its significance lies in its association with early burial practices and the transition to individual inhumation in Scotland.
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Places near here
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Mid ArdlawRing Ditch(s) (period Unassigned) · 1325 yd
Tyrie MainsChurch (period Unknown)(possible), Mound (period Unknown) · 1.0 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.2 mi
Pitsligo CastleCastle (medieval), Formal Garden (17th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 1.5 mi
Castle of PitsligoCastle · 1.5 mi
Rosehearty War MemorialMemorial · 1.6 mi
Fluke PeelBeach / strand · 2.0 mi
Prestonian: Quarry Head, Aberdour Bay, North SeaSteamship (20th Century) · 2.5 mi
Phingask ShoreBeach / strand · 2.6 mi
Sinclair HillsMountain / peak · 2.7 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0