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Drumelzier Haugh is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, approximately 640 metres west-north-west of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands upon bedrock belonging to the Shinnel and Glenlee Formations, undifferentiated wacke deposits formed during the Ashgill period of the Ordovician. The stone is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM2694.
Standing stones of this type were typically erected during the Bronze Age, between approximately 2300 and 800 BC, and often marked significant territorial, ceremonial or burial sites within prehistoric communities. Their placement in the landscape frequently related to visible natural features and lines of sight across the surrounding terrain. The geological substrate at Drumelzier Haugh, composed of hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock, would have provided a stable foundation for such a monument.
The stone survives as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and ritual practice in the Tweed Valley. Its protected status reflects the archaeological importance of standing stones in understanding the ceremonial and social organisation of prehistoric Peeblesshire, a region rich in monuments from this distant period.
Drumelzier Haugh,standing stone 640m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2694. View the official record →
Drumelzier Haugh is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, approximately 640 metres west-north-west of the settlement from which it takes its name. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2694.
Drumelzier Haugh,standing stone 640m WNW of dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a standing stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Drumelzier Haugh,standing stone 640m WNW 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 SM2694.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stanhope, fort, scooped settlement and enclosed settlements SW of (6.2 km), Stanhope, enclosed settlement 800m SW of (6.5 km), Stanhope, unenclosed platform settlement 850m SW of (6.6 km).
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Drumelzier Haugh,standing stone 640m WNW of stands on Shinnel Formation And Glenlee Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is wacke.