What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunnichen as Cist(s) (early Bronze Age), Urn(s) (early Bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Early Bronze Age cist and urn burial; associated with the widespread Beaker culture in Scotland, reflecting early funerary practices and social organisation.
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Places near here
Battle of Dun NechtainMajor battlefield · 581 yd
Dunnichen ChurchBurial Ground (post Medieval), Church (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century) · 757 yd
Dunnichen HillCultivation Remains (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 974 yd
LETHAM, DUNNICHEN, LETHAM and KIRKDEN CHURCH OF SCOTLANDChurch (19th Century) · 1554 yd
Letham, the Square, Hall of LethamHall (19th Century) · 1559 yd
Green HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Lownie HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Balgavies Loch Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1.5 mi
Drumhead PlantationWood · 1.6 mi
Lunan WellSpring · 2.9 mi
Lowson Memorial Parish ChurchMemorial · 3.3 mi
Forfar, Monument to Sir Robert Peel, Forfar CemeteryCommemorative Monument (19th Century) · 3.4 miOther information
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