
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ballinshoe as Standing Stone (prehistoric), Cinerary Urn (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.
Likely dating to the Bronze Age, Ballinshoe may have functioned as a funerary or ritual monument, associated with burial practices indicated by the presence of a cinerary urn. Standing stones of this period often held symbolic or ceremonial significance within local communities.
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Places near here
Lanark HouseEnclosure (period Unknown), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 288 yd
Ballinshoe CastleTower House (16th Century) - (17th Century) · 1062 yd
North Mains of BallindargPit (period Unknown) · 1248 yd
Ballindarg BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 1605 yd
Mains of BallindargFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1641 yd
Forfar Witches MemorialMemorial · 1.7 mi
Logie WoodsForest · 1.8 mi
Forest MuirNature reserve · 1.8 mi
St Margaret's InchHeadland · 1.8 mi
CossansCastle (medieval) · 2.1 mi
J M Barrie's BirthplaceMuseum · 2.1 mi
Gateway to the Glens MuseumMuseum · 2.2 miOther information
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