What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fordoun House as Cairn(s) (prehistoric), Cist(s) (prehistoric), Inhumation(s) (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic cairn and cist burial site, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early funerary practices and settlement in the prehistoric Scottish landscape.
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Places near here
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BrownmuirRing Ditch (period Unassigned) · 344 yd
WhinhurstHouse (19th Century) · 555 yd
Pitrennie MillWatermill (period Unassigned) · 711 yd
Wishart MemorialMemorial · 1.1 mi
Fordoun War MemorialMemorial · 1.1 mi
Haulkerton PlantationWood · 2.6 mi
Arbuthnott HouseCountry House (18th Century) (1754), Motte (medieval)(possible), Tower House (medieval) · 3.9 mi
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Kincardine CastleCastle (13th Century) · 4.1 mi
Hill of GarvockMountain / peak · 4.9 mi
PeattieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 5.0 mi