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Balnacraig

Recumbent Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age)
Balnacraig
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balnacraig as Recumbent Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age). 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.
Balnacraig is a recumbent stone circle dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, typically associated with ritual or ceremonial use in prehistoric Scotland. Such sites may have had astronomical, social, or spiritual significance, though specific folklore or function for this site is not recorded.

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