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Clashlochie ring-ditches is a Neolithic or Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Kinross-shire, three hundred metres to the east-south-east of Clashlochie. The site consists of ring-ditches, circular or sub-circular ditches that typically enclosed timber or stone structures used for ritual or domestic purposes during prehistory. Such monuments are common across lowland Scotland and often represent the remains of henge monuments or circular enclosures whose superstructures have not survived.
The monument sits upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate deposited during the Late Devonian period. This solid geology would have provided a stable foundation for the construction and use of the site, though the overlying soils and drift deposits have since masked much of the original ground surface.
The ring-ditches are protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7602. The monument's survival in the Kinross-shire landscape, despite agricultural activity and settlement over succeeding millennia, demonstrates the persistence of these prehistoric earthworks and their importance to understanding the region's ancient communities and their use of the land.
Classlochie, ring-ditches 300m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7602. View the official record →
Clashlochie ring-ditches is a Neolithic or Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Kinross-shire, three hundred metres to the east-south-east of Clashlochie. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7602.
Classlochie, ring-ditches 300m ESE 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 SM7602.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Classlochie, souterrain 320m NE of (0.3 km), Blacknowes, barrow 170m S of (1.3 km), Hatchbank, souterrains 220m N of and 280m NNW of (1.7 km).
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Classlochie, ring-ditches 300m ESE of stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.