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Buck Stone is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders, standing 470 metres north-north-east of Hermitage Farm Cottage. It marks one of the numerous ritual and territorial monuments erected across the upland margins of southern Scotland during the Bronze Age, when communities established prominent stones to serve ceremonial or commemorative purposes within their landscape. The stone rises from bedrock of the Inverclyde Group, a geological formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone laid down during the Osagean period, which shapes the character of this part of Roxburghshire. Protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13778, Buck Stone remains a tangible reminder of Bronze Age settlement patterns and spiritual beliefs in the Borders region, where such standing stones often aligned with seasonal movements and social gatherings in what was then a more open, sparsely forested terrain.
Buck Stone, standing stone 470m NNE of Hermitage Farm Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13778. View the official record →
Buck Stone is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders, standing 470 metres north-north-east of Hermitage Farm Cottage. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13778.
Buck Stone, standing stone 470m NNE of Hermitage Farm Cottage dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a standing stone 470m nne of hermitage farm cottage. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Buck Stone, standing stone 470m NNE of Hermitage Farm Cottage 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 SM13778.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hermitage Castle, castle, chapel, enclosures, deer trap, park boundary and farmstead (0.9 km), Scooped settlement, 1025m NW of Roughley (1.1 km), Nine Stones, stone circle, Ninestone Rig (1.7 km).
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Buck Stone, standing stone 470m NNE of Hermitage Farm Cottage stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.