What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Upper Dounreay as Stone Row (neolithic) - (bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Upper Dounreay is likely associated with the Neolithic or Bronze Age, based on its classification as a stone row. Such arrangements may have had ceremonial, astronomical, or territorial significance, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.
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Places near here
Upper DounreayChambered Cairn (neolithic), Cist (bronze Age) · 107 yd
Creag Bhreac MhorStone Row (prehistoric) · 514 yd
DounreayWall (period Unassigned) · 1620 yd
Shebster BarnBarn (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Creag BheagMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Reay, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 2.6 mi
Cairnmore HillockMountain / peak · 3.2 mi
Brims CastleTower House (medieval) · 3.8 mi
Drum HollistanNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 5.0 mi
Puffin CoveHeritage attraction · 5.4 mi