
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mill of Birkenbower as Recumbent Stone Circle (modern). 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.
Mill of Birkenbower is likely a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age recumbent stone circle, a type of megalithic monument common in northern Scotland. Such sites may have had ceremonial, astronomical, or social functions, though specific meanings or folklore associated with this example are not recorded.
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Places near here
Mill of BirkenbowerWatermill (period Unassigned) · 97 yd
BirkenbowerFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 194 yd
LittlemillEnclosure (period Unassigned)(possible) · 710 yd
Muirs of ClovaFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 838 yd
Lumsden War MemorialMemorial · 1564 yd
Deskie WoodMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Edinbanchory HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Castle HillockMotte (medieval)(possible), Man-made underground passage (prehistoric), Coin(s) (medieval) · 2.6 mi
Kildrummy CastleNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.9 mi
CairncoullieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.5 mi
Druminnor CastleCastle (medieval) · 4.5 mi
Corrstone Wood stone circleArchaeological place · 4.8 miOther information
Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0