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Inschfield is a Bronze Age stone circle located approximately 300 metres west-northwest of Inschfield in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument belongs to the tradition of recumbent stone circles characteristic of northeast Scotland, a regional variant of Bronze Age ceremonial architecture dating to the later third and second millennia BC. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under the designation SM25 and represents an important example of prehistoric ritual landscape organisation in the Aberdeenshire region. Stone circles of this type typically served communal functions within Bronze Age societies, though the precise ritual or ceremonial purposes remain a subject of archaeological interpretation.
Inschfield, stone circle 300m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM25. View the official record →
Inschfield is a Bronze Age stone circle located approximately 300 metres west-northwest of Inschfield in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM25.
Inschfield, stone circle 300m WNW of dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Inschfield, stone circle 300m 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 SM25.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Westerton of Petmathen, standing stone 395m NNW of (5 km), Loanend,stone circle,200m N of (5.4 km), Tillymuick,settlement (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Inschfield, stone circle 300m WNW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Inschfield, stone circle 300m WNW of stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.