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Easter Pitcorthie is a Bronze Age standing stone located near Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock belonging to the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary strata formed during the Westphalian period. The stone is protected by Historic Environment Scotland and designated under reference SM792, reflecting its importance as a surviving example of prehistoric monument construction in the region.
Standing stones of this type were erected across Bronze Age Scotland between roughly 3000 and 1000 BCE, often marking territories, burial sites or ritual locations. Their persistent presence in the landscape for millennia speaks to the significance prehistoric communities invested in their placement and maintenance. The survival of Easter Pitcorthie demonstrates the durability of such monuments when set upon stable geological foundations.
The stone now forms part of the Standing Stone Walk, a heritage route that allows visitors to encounter this Bronze Age witness in its original setting. The local geology of the Clackmannan Group provides the foundation upon which this ancient monument rests, grounding Easter Pitcorthie within both the deep geological history of Fife and the cultural landscape of Bronze Age Scotland.
Easter Pitcorthie, standing stone, Standing Stone Walk, Dunfermline is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM792. View the official record →
Easter Pitcorthie is a Bronze Age standing stone located near Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM792.
Easter Pitcorthie, standing stone, Standing Stone Walk, Dunfermline dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a standing stone, standing stone walk, dunfermline. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Easter Pitcorthie, standing stone, Standing Stone Walk, Dunfermline 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 SM792.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rosyth Castle Dovecot (4.1 km), Rosyth Castle (4.3 km), North Queensferry, St James' Chapel (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Easter Pitcorthie, standing stone, Standing Stone Walk, Dunfermline'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.
Easter Pitcorthie, standing stone, Standing Stone Walk, Dunfermline stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.