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Lang Stane o'Craigearn is a Bronze Age standing stone situated some fifty metres north of Littlewood Cottage in Aberdeenshire. The monument stands upon bedrock formed from a Silurian felsic igneous intrusion, part of the ancient geological foundation that characterises this region of northeast Scotland. Such standing stones are typical of Bronze Age ritual landscapes, erected during the second millennium before the present as territorial or ceremonial markers within their communities.
The stone's position on Ordovician to Silurian bedrock reflects the older geological substrate of Aberdeenshire, where igneous rocks dominate the landscape beneath later deposits. The monument's survival to the present day, despite millennia of agricultural use and landscape change, testifies to the permanence these monuments commanded in local consciousness. Lang Stane o'Craigearn is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12108, recognising its significance as a Bronze Age ritual site within the region's heritage landscape.
Lang Stane o'Craigearn, standing stone 50m N of Littlewood Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12108. View the official record →
Lang Stane o'Craigearn is a Bronze Age standing stone situated some fifty metres north of Littlewood Cottage in Aberdeenshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12108.
Lang Stane o'Craigearn, standing stone 50m N of Littlewood Cottage dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a standing stone 50m n of littlewood cottage. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Lang Stane o'Craigearn, standing stone 50m N of Littlewood Cottage 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 SM12108.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Kinnernie, cairn 140m N of St Mary's Church (5.2 km), Upper Corskie,stone circle and Pictish symbols 530m SE of (5.9 km), New Wester Echt,stone circle 170m SW of (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lang Stane o'Craigearn, standing stone 50m N of Littlewood Cottage'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.
Lang Stane o'Craigearn, standing stone 50m N of Littlewood Cottage stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.