Region : Fife District : Kirkcaldy Town or village : Markinch Grid Reference : NO 285 030 Period :   2nd millennium BC  Balbirnie STONE CIRCLE

The site was built in three distinctive burial phases. In the first one an ellipse of ten stones was erected, with a small rectangular stone enclosure at the centre. Then four stone cists were constructed. The south-east one had a side slab (now replaced by a cast) decorated with cup-and-ring markings. In the last phase the circle was covered by a cairn and several cremations were inserted into the mound. After excavation in 1970-71, the site was reconstructed about 110m south-east of its original position. In care of Historic Scotland

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