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| Name | Balbirnie Stone Circle | Neolithic Age | History of Scotland | Glenrothes Fife | Before Caledonia |
| Video Uploader | Video From Before Caledonia |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 02-02-2020 10:00:10 |
| Video Discription | A Journey Through Scotland's Ancient Sites. Before Caledonia PATREON https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21567811 Please consider being a PATREON for exclusive and early access content while supporting my work. Before Caledonia FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/groups/391553464349357/?ref=bookmarks Share your photos, articles, ask questions, review books and share Youtube videos etc.... Balbirnie Stone Circle Balbirnie Park Markinch Glenrothes Scotland Glenrothes in Fife holds one of the most important prehistoric ceremonial landscapes in East Scotland. Three Neolithic sites still exist into our present day, each has public access and all are a short walk from each other. Balbirnie Stone Circle luckily still survives after road extension caused the site to be repositioned one hundred and twenty five meters, south east from its original location. Excavation was carried out by Historic Scotland in 1970-71 then the circle was moved by Glenrothes Development Corporation. The circle is a Neolithic ring from around five thousand years ago. There were originally ten standing stones in a fifteen meter diameter. Before excavation began five of these stones were still standing. Our ancient ancestors originally, carefully placed the circle in a more prominent position and they may have aligned this with the summer solstice sunrise over Clatto Hill. Originally there was a hearth at the centre, a feature also found on Orkney at Skara Brae and Stones of Stenness. The hearth may have been lit during night time ceremonies and casted shadows over the circle. The largest stone has possible simulacra with an eye and nose visible. Simulacra is not uncommon at megalithic sites. Human faces and animals can be found at Avebury in England. It is likely the Balbirnie circle had three phases of construction. The first being the erection of standing stones then the second was the cist’s being inserted, then lastly a half meter stone cairn was added to the interior, along with pockets of cremated bone. The site had been much disturbed due to trees and an earlier excavation from the 1880’s. During the early 1970’s excavation, finds were a black jet button (this travelled two hundred miles from the Yorkshire coast) a small bone toggle, a knife made of flint (this was as useful today as a Swiss army knife) jet disk beads and a beaker that may have held drink to keep the deceased going on their afterlife journey. After this excavation the circle was moved to widened the road. Today the circle has eight stones, one has fallen and another is a stump. Interior features are interesting with a large low square being the main focus and three small cist’s, one of these has a side slab decorated with cup and ring petroglyphs. Markinch is the closest train station to the sites. A walk through Balbirnie Park will bring you to the stone circle and across the A92 road is the ritual enclosure (marked out with modern wooden posts) further on is Balfarg Henge, located in a housing scheme. Here we have three sites all close to each other. Any level of historian or Megalithomaniac will enjoy visiting these sites which were so important to our ancient ancestors. A BIG thanks to our ancient ancestors. |
| Category | Education |
| Tags | balbirnie | markinch | glenrothes | fife | scotland | neolithic | history | prehistory | travel | tourism | megaliths | stone circles | standing stones | historic scotland | bronze age |
