What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balnacraig 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 type of communal burial monument, reflecting early agricultural settlement and social organisation in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
TillydukeFarmstead (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 362 yd
Scar HillCairn (period Unassigned), Clearance Cairn(s) (period Unassigned) · 607 yd
MullochKerb Cairn (prehistoric) · 675 yd
Braeroddach LochNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 709 yd
KnockenzieTownship (period Unassigned) · 807 yd
Craig FerrarMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Tomnaverie Stone CircleHeritage attraction · 1.7 mi
Dinnet War MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
Drummy WoodForest · 1.8 mi
Court HillMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Fir MounthMemorial · 2.2 mi
AboyneNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0