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Straid Farm, Giant's Knowe

Cairn (period Unassigned), Cist(s) (period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn (period Unassigned)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Straid Farm, Giant's Knowe as Cairn (period Unassigned), Cist(s) (period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn (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.
A Neolithic cairn with associated cists and a cinerary urn, dating to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It is significant as a burial and ritual site reflecting early funerary practices in northern Scotland.

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