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Four Braehead Cottages standing stone is a Bronze Age monument located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 195 metres south-east of Four Braehead Cottages. The stone stands upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite rocks that underlie much of this region. These metamorphic strata, originally laid down as sediments over 600 million years ago, were subsequently altered by intense heat and pressure during the Caledonian mountain-building period. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under designation SM12112.
Standing stones of Bronze Age date are among Scotland's most enduring monuments, often erected during the period from around 2500 to 1500 BC. Their precise original purposes remain debated amongst archaeologists, though they frequently marked burial sites, territorial boundaries, or ceremonial locations within Bronze Age communities. The hard metamorphic rocks of the local Argyll Group would have provided suitable stone for monument construction, though Bronze Age communities typically selected the most impressive natural boulders from their immediate landscape.
This stone represents an important record of Bronze Age settlement and ritual practice in Aberdeenshire, a region rich in prehistoric monuments. The survival of such standing stones testifies to their substantial construction and the considerable effort invested by Bronze Age societies in creating permanent markers within the landscape.
Four Braehead Cottages, standing stone 195m SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12112. View the official record →
Four Braehead Cottages standing stone is a Bronze Age monument located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 195 metres south-east of Four Braehead Cottages. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12112.
Four Braehead Cottages, standing stone 195m SE 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.
Four Braehead Cottages, standing stone 195m SE 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 SM12112.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brandsbutt Stone, symbol stone (7 km), Stoneyhill, cairn 195m WSW of (7.1 km), Caskieben moat, moated site and symbol stone 170m N of Keith Hall (7.4 km).
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Four Braehead Cottages, standing stone 195m SE of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.