What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mains of Balnagowan as Cist (bronze Age), Beaker (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.
Bronze Age cist tomb, associated with the Beaker period. It represents early burial practices in the region, reflecting the transition to new cultural and funerary traditions in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
Milton of BalnagowanEnclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Linear Feature(s) (period Unassigned), Pit(s) (period Unassigned), Unenclosed Settlement (period Unassigned) · 378 yd
Balnagowan WoodHuman Remains (period Unknown) · 789 yd
Smithstown WoodForest · 1234 yd
Muir of BalnagowanFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1298 yd
PooltownFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1333 yd
Carse WoodForest · 1583 yd
Clephanton, White Bridge RealignmentNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.9 mi
Croy and Dalcross War MemorialMemorial · 3.2 mi
Kilravock CastleCastle (medieval) · 3.3 mi
Cawdor War MemorialMemorial · 3.5 mi
Nairn MuseumMuseum · 4.5 mi
Fortrose BayBay · 4.7 mi