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Balfarg

Grave (prehistoric), Henge (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Inhumation (prehistoric), Standing Stone(s) (prehistoric), Timber Circle (neolithic), Beaker (bronze Age), Food Vessel (bronze Age), Unidentified Pottery (neolithic)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balfarg as Grave (prehistoric), Henge (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Inhumation (prehistoric), Standing Stone(s) (prehistoric), Timber Circle (neolithic), Beaker (bronze Age), Food Vessel (bronze Age), Unidentified Pottery (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic henge and timber circle, with Bronze Age inhumations and standing stones, dating to approximately 2500–800 BCE. Balfarg is significant as one of the best-preserved Neolithic ceremonial sites in Scotland, offering insight into early ritual and burial practices.

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