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Blackgate Smithy is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Angus, Scotland. The monument consists of a ring of standing stones characteristic of ritual or ceremonial sites constructed during the Bronze Age, a period when such megalithic monuments were erected across Scotland for purposes likely connected to burial practices, astronomical observation, or communal gathering. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under designation SM149. Like other contemporary stone circles in northeast Scotland, Blackgate Smithy represents an important surviving example of Bronze Age monumental architecture in the region.
Blackgate Smithy,stone circle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM149. View the official record →
Blackgate Smithy is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM149.
Blackgate Smithy,stone circle dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Blackgate Smithy,stone circle 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 SM149.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Myreside,henge,enclosure and barrows NW of (0.7 km), Rob's Reed, homestead 485m ESE of Home Farm (0.8 km), Restenneth Priory (1.3 km).
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