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Camster stone rows is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument situated 450 metres west-south-west of the southern end of the Loch of Camster in Caithness, northern Scotland. The site stands on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, comprising conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone deposited during the Middle Devonian period. This geology has weathered to create the rolling moorland characteristic of inland Caithness.
Stone rows typically date to the Bronze Age, though some may originate in the Neolithic. They consist of standing stones arranged in linear patterns, often aligned to significant landscape features or celestial events. Their precise function remains uncertain, though they likely served ceremonial, ritual or astronomical purposes for the communities that erected them.
The monument is protected under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM463, ensuring its preservation as an important element of Scotland's prehistoric heritage. Such alignments are particularly common in far northern Britain, and the Camster rows contribute to understanding Bronze Age ceremonial practice and land use in the far north of mainland Scotland.
Camster, stone rows 450m WSW of S end of Loch of Camster is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM463. View the official record →
Camster stone rows is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument situated 450 metres west-south-west of the southern end of the Loch of Camster in Caithness, northern Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM463.
Camster, stone rows 450m WSW of S end of Loch of Camster 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 SM463.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Achavar,broch NNW of Occumster Railway Station (6.8 km), Greenhill, broch 60m NE of (7.3 km), Mid Clyth, cross slab 130m E of Greenhill (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Camster, stone rows 450m WSW of S end of Loch of Camster's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Camster, stone rows 450m WSW of S end of Loch of Camster stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.