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Craigbirnoch 1

Burial Cairn (prehistoric)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Craigbirnoch 1 as Burial Cairn (prehistoric). 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 prehistoric burial cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, Craigbirnoch 1 represents a significant but poorly documented funerary monument in the Scottish prehistoric landscape. Its precise typology remains unspecified, but such cairns often served as communal burial sites and markers of early social organization.

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