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Fairy Knowe, Hill of Airthrey

Burial Cairn (bronze Age), Arrowhead(s) (flint)(bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (bronze Age)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fairy Knowe, Hill of Airthrey as Burial Cairn (bronze Age), Arrowhead(s) (flint)(bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (bronze Age). 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.
Bronze Age burial cairn, likely dating to the early to middle Bronze Age (c. 2000–1200 BCE). Its significance lies in its association with funerary artifacts such as flint arrowheads and a cinerary urn, reflecting burial practices and material culture of the period in central Scotland.

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