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Balbirnie Stone Circle

Neolithic–Bronze Age stone circle, Fife, Scotland

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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."

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
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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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Burial and Funerary Structures

CistsGraves
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Religious and Ritual Structures

Ceremonial Platforms
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Artistic and Decorative Features

Petroglyphs
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Environmental and Natural Features

Artificial Mounds
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Astronomical and Timekeeping Structures

Stone Alignments
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United Kingdom

Coordinates

56.21° N, -3.15° E