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Mains of Southwick

Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age)(possible), Axehead (jadeite)(period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(s) (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mains of Southwick as Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age)(possible), Axehead (jadeite)(period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(s) (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Probably dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the Mains of Southwick stone circle may have been used for ritual or ceremonial purposes, while the jadeite axehead suggests trade or symbolic status in the prehistoric community.

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