
What is recorded here
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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Places near here
Bridge of NessbogieRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 212 yd
Gartly Central SchoolSchool (19th Century) · 290 yd
Bridgend, West ManseManse (period Unassigned) · 424 yd
Mains of CollithieField System (period Unassigned), Palisaded Enclosure (period Unassigned)(possible), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 625 yd
Gartly War MemorialMemorial · 1458 yd
Hill of CollithieMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Hill of BogairdyMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Huntly War MemorialMemorial · 2.6 mi
Huntly CastleCastle (medieval), Motte and Bailey (medieval) · 3.0 mi
Truttle StonesNamed rock · 3.7 mi
Craigfall WoodForest · 3.8 mi
Wood of KinnoirForest · 3.8 miOther information
Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0