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Balbirnie Stone Circle
56.2138° N, -3.1529° E
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Balbirnie Stone Circle is an archaeological site, a stone circle on the north-eastern edge of Glenrothes, in Fife, Scotland. The site was in use from the late Neolithic period to the late second millennium BC. The prehistoric ceremonial complex of Balfarg is nearby; the scheduling for Balfarg states that "the Balfarg complex, together with the nearby stone circle at Balbirnie and other sites in their vicinity, form one of the most important groups of monuments of Neolithic and Bronze Age date in eastern Scotland."
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Land surface radiocarbon date
c. 890 BC
Cist wood radiocarbon date
c. 1330 BC
Excavation and relocation
1970–1971
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