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Braehead

Recumbent Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age)
Braehead
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Braehead 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.
Braehead is a recumbent stone circle dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, typically associated with ceremonial or ritual use in prehistoric Scotland. Such circles often aligned with astronomical events and may have had symbolic or communal significance.

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