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The Gray Stone of Clochforbie

Recumbent Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age)
The Gray Stone of Clochforbie
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records The Gray Stone of Clochforbie as Recumbent Stone Circle (neolithic) - (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.
The Gray Stone of Clochforbie is likely from the Neolithic or Bronze Age and is part of a recumbent stone circle, a type of megalithic monument associated with ceremonial or ritual use. Such stones may have had astronomical significance or been linked to local folklore and ancestral worship.

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Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0