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Kingside Hill is a Bronze Age stone circle located in East Lothian, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock composed of an unnamed igneous intrusion of felsic rock, which formed during the Early Devonian period. This geological foundation, belonging to the Late Silurian to Early Devonian sequence, provides the stone circle with a solid base of ancient crystalline material substantially older than the Bronze Age builders who raised the monument.
The circle exemplifies the ritual and ceremonial practices of Bronze Age communities across Britain and Ireland. Such monuments typically served as focal points for gathering, ceremonial activity and possibly astronomical observation, though the specific functions of this particular circle remain undetermined. The felsic bedrock beneath Kingside Hill would have offered substantial natural stone resources to the circle's builders, potentially influencing both the siting and construction of the monument.
Kingside Hill is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM740, ensuring its preservation as a significant archaeological and landscape feature. The monument contributes to the Bronze Age heritage of East Lothian and remains an important element of the region's archaeological record, testament to the enduring presence of prehistoric communities in the Lothian area.
Kingside Hill,stone circle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM740. View the official record →
Kingside Hill is a Bronze Age stone circle located in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM740.
Kingside Hill,stone circle 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.
Kingside Hill,stone circle 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 SM740.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Table Rings, cairn 500m WSW of Penshiel (1.8 km), Penshiel Grange (2.4 km), Gamelshiel, settlement & field system 950m ESE of (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kingside Hill,stone circle'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.
Kingside Hill,stone circle stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.