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Braes of Bucharn

Four Poster Stone Circle (bronze Age), Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age)
Braes of Bucharn
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Braes of Bucharn as Four Poster Stone Circle (bronze Age), Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age). 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.
Braes of Bucharn is a Four Poster Stone Circle, likely dating to the Bronze Age, though associated with Neolithic stone circle traditions. Such monuments may have had ceremonial, astronomical, or social functions, reflecting the spiritual or communal practices of prehistoric communities.

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Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0