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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Balfarg HengeCountry: Scotland County: Fife Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Glenrothes
Map Ref: NO2819803123 Landranger Map Number: 59
Latitude: 56.215243N Longitude: 3.159294W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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vyvbon visited on 23rd Sep 2023 - their rating: Access: 5
Anne T visited on 1st Nov 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Balfarg Henge: From Balbirnie stone circle, to reach this recreated henge, we needed to turn right across the busy A92, then almost immediately left down the B969 Western Avenue. The SatNav then took us directly to the henge. Right in the middle of a housing estate, on a circular street appropriately called ‘The Henge’.
Typically for me, just as we stopped the car and I jumped out with my camera, a large delivery van decided to draw up and park in one of the parking spots right next to the outer boundary of henge, so I tried to avoid photographing him!
SandyG visited on 19th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 1 Access: 5
BolshieBoris visited on 1st Oct 1996 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Andy B: would like to visit No 2. in Kenny Brophy's Top Ten Urban Prehistory site selections, compiled for our Old Stones book.
DrewParsons have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 2.67 Access: 5
A further stone offset from that circle is interpreted as a marker stone for the causewayed entrance to the site. Finally around 4000 years ago a burial occurred in the centre of the henge and was covered by a horizontal stone. The body was buried with beaker ware pottery and a flint knife. Additional information submitted by Drew Parsons in September 2010
From the A92 at the north end of Glenrothes turn onto the B969, and proceed to the first roundabout (marked with a modern stone circle!). Turn left here, and then about 100 metres in turn right into Henge Crescent. You'll see it straight away. A large board gives some information about the site. There are only two stones remaining, one at the entrance and one which had been part of the circle, but the massive ditch is very obvious. It was excavated in 1977 prior to the construction of the housing estate which surrounds it. The central area of the great circle is some 65m across. Timber posts mark the position of an original timber ring. Well worth a look.
For more information see Canmore ID 29990.
The development of a housing estate around the henge has been thoughtfully done leaving a pleasant park like atmosphere to the site. Its well worth making a detour to see this important site.
References:
- Roy Loveday, Inscribed Across the Landscape, Tempus, Stroud, 2006.
- Richard Bradley, The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007.
- Undiscovered Scotland website.
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