What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mains of Altries as Cairnfield (later Prehistoric), Ring Cairn (neolithic) - (bronze Age)(possible). 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.
Neolithic ring cairn and later prehistoric cairnfield; dates primarily to the Neolithic period with possible Bronze Age additions. It is significant as part of a broader pattern of ritual and funerary monuments in the Scottish landscape.
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Places near here
Mains of AltriesBuilding (period Unassigned) · 123 yd
Altries CroftFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 668 yd
StandingstonesBurial Cairn (later Prehistoric) · 860 yd
Oldman WoodForest · 1007 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1430 yd
Maryculter Parish ChurchBurial Ground (post Medieval), Church (18th Century) (1787), Churchyard (post Medieval) · 1450 yd
Kirkton of Maryculter, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1587 yd
Peterculter Golf CourseNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1691 yd
Maryculter Home FarmNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Brides Ward WoodForest or wood · 2.0 mi
Hill of MilltimberMountain or hill · 2.7 mi
Drum Castle Rose GardenHeritage attraction · 3.4 mi