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Binghill House is a Bronze Age stone circle and cairn located in Aberdeenshire, standing on bedrock of the Argyll Group formed during the Neoproterozoic period. This metamorphic foundation of psammite, semipelite and pelite—ancient sediments subjected to intense pressure and heat—provided the local stone used to construct the monument. The site comprises a stone circle with an associated cairn, a typical pairing for funerary and ceremonial monuments built during the second millennium BC. The combination of a burial cairn at the centre with a surrounding stone circle suggests the monument served both as a grave marker for an important individual and as a place for community gatherings or ritual activity.
The monument is situated in a landscape that would have been broadly similar in the Bronze Age, though vegetation and land use have changed substantially since its construction. The stone composition reflects the local geological resources available to the builders, with materials quarried or selected from the surrounding terrain.
Binghill House stone circle and cairn is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM11177, ensuring its preservation and controlling any future work affecting the site.
Binghill House, stone circle & cairn 200m WSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11177. View the official record →
Binghill House is a Bronze Age stone circle and cairn located in Aberdeenshire, standing on bedrock of the Argyll Group formed during the Neoproterozoic period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11177.
Binghill House, stone circle & cairn 200m WSW of dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone circle & cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Binghill House, stone circle & cairn 200m WSW of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM11177.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Normandykes,Roman camp (3.9 km), Mains of Altries, ring cairn 70m NE of (4.1 km), Standingstones, standing stone 275m ESE of (4.9 km).
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Binghill House, stone circle & cairn 200m WSW of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.