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Drimfern

Long Cairn (neolithic)
Drimfern
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drimfern as Long Cairn (neolithic). 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.
Neolithic long cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–2500 BCE). It represents a significant megalithic funerary tradition in northern Britain, often associated with communal burial and ritual practices.

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