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Mill of Birkenbower

Recumbent Stone Circle (modern)
Mill of Birkenbower
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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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Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0