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Craighead is a Bronze Age stone circle located approximately seventy metres north-north-east of Hilltop Lodge in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The monument is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under the designation reference SM975. Like other stone circles of the Bronze Age, Craighead would have served significant ceremonial or ritual functions within its prehistoric community. The site represents an important example of the monumental tradition characteristic of Bronze Age Scotland, though detailed archaeological investigation of this particular circle remains limited in the published scholarly record.
Craighead,stone circle 70m NNE of Hilltop Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM975. View the official record →
Craighead is a Bronze Age stone circle located approximately seventy metres north-north-east of Hilltop Lodge in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM975.
Craighead,stone circle 70m NNE of Hilltop Lodge dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone circle 70m nne of hilltop lodge. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Craighead,stone circle 70m NNE of Hilltop Lodge 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 SM975.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Aquhorthies, stone circle,cairn and platform 200m NNE of (1.7 km), Old Bourtreebush,stone circle and cairn 250m W of (1.8 km), Auchlee, stone circle 275m NNE of (1.9 km).
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