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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Balfarg Riding School mortuary enclosure and henge
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.137 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Fife Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Glenrothes
Map Ref: NO28480314
Latitude: 56.215438N Longitude: 3.154753W
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
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2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Anne T visited on 1st Nov 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Balfarg Riding School Henge Reconstruction: This now recreated henge is just by the A92, at the end of Old Leslie Road, with part of it seeming to have been cut by the construction of the A92. Traffic streams by constantly. We arrived with the sun high in the sky and deep shadows, which tested my photography skills. I had expected a circular henge, but this was oval. I didn't pick up any atmosphere at this site at all. Sadly, it was just like walking through some old fence posts set up to cast some interesting shadows. The information board reads: “You are standing in a revered landscape where ceremonies were performed by generations of prehistoric people. Here is an artist’s reconstruction of how the stone circle looked around 4,000 years ago. By this time it had already been in use for 1,000 years, when it became a place of burial. It stood close to the Coul Burn which then enclosed a wider sacred landscape. The picture shows the site of the Balfarg Henge and timber enclosure in the distance.”

SandyG visited on 19th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 1 Access: 5 A reconstruction and worth visiting despite the ambience.

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 1 Ambience: 2 Access: 4.5

**Balfarg Riding School mortuary enclosure and henge** submitted by SandyG : The reconstructed mortuary enclosure. View from north west (19th April 2014). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Henge in Fife

A reconstructed mortuary enclosure sits in the middle of a later henge. The site forms part of an extensive ritual complex which was excavated by Historic Scotland in the mid 1980’s. The reconstructed mortuary enclosure is one of two similar structures that were found in this area and they were probably built in the early/mid third millennium BC. At a later time a mound was erected over this mortuary enclosure and a ditch (probably a henge) cut around it. The reconstruction denotes the position of post holes found during the excavation and the earthwork of the western part of the henge is still visible.

Canmore ID 29959.
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