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Glebe Stone is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Selkirkshire, Scotland. Positioned upon bedrock of the Hawick Group, a wacke formation laid down during the Wenlock period, the monument stands in a landscape shaped by ancient geology and human activity alike. The stone's precise original purpose remains unknown, though standing stones of this period typically served ceremonial, territorial or burial-related functions within prehistoric communities.
The monument is protected as a Scheduled Monument under Historic Environment Scotland's reference SM2268, recognising its significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and ritual practice in the Scottish Borders. Standing stones are among the most enduring monuments from this era, often deliberately positioned in visible locations within the contemporary landscape. The Glebe Stone's survival to the present day, despite millennia of agricultural use and landscape change in Selkirkshire, testifies to its local importance and the durability of its construction.
The wacke bedrock underlying the site is characteristic of the Southern Uplands, a geological formation that has influenced settlement patterns and resource availability throughout the region's prehistory. Such geological foundations would have been well known to Bronze Age communities, who selected sites for their monuments with considerable care and deliberation.
Glebe Stone,standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2268. View the official record →
Glebe Stone is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Selkirkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2268.
Glebe Stone,standing stone 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.
Glebe Stone,standing stone 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 SM2268.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Warrior's Rest,standing stone (0.2 km), Yarrow Stone,inscribed stone 250m E of Whitefield (0.5 km), Kirkhope Tower, barmkin and barmkin wall S of (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Glebe Stone,standing stone'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.
Glebe Stone,standing stone stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.