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Strichen

Cist(s) (period Unassigned), Battleaxe (period Unassigned), Beaker (period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(s) (period Unassigned)
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Strichen as Cist(s) (period Unassigned), Battleaxe (period Unassigned), Beaker (period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(s) (period Unassigned). 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.
Strichen is a Neolithic burial site, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, characterized by cists, battle-axes, beakers, and cinerary urns. Its artifacts indicate significant ritual practices and connections to broader Neolithic and Bronze Age cultural traditions in northern Britain.

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