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Kingside Hill is a Bronze Age stone circle located in East Lothian, Scotland. The monument consists of a ring of standing stones that exemplifies the ritual and ceremonial practices of Bronze Age communities in southeast Scotland, likely dating to the second millennium BCE. Stone circles of this period and region typically served functions related to communal gatherings, astronomical observations, or ceremonial deposits, though the precise purposes remain subject to scholarly interpretation. The site is recorded under Historic Environment Scotland's national designation system as SM740 INSPIRE.
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 Britain.
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).
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