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Leafea is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Orkney, 535 metres south-south-west of Broadshore House. The stone stands on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, a formation of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone laid down during the Middle Devonian period. This geological foundation is typical of Orkney's landscape and has weathered to create the distinctive red and brown tones characteristic of the islands' countryside.
Standing stones of this type were erected across Scotland during the Bronze Age, serving purposes that likely encompassed ritual, territorial marking and burial commemoration. Orkney contains numerous such monuments, reflecting the islands' significance as a centre of prehistoric activity. The exposed location of Leafea would have made it visible across considerable distances in the relatively open terrain of the Orkney landscape.
The monument is protected under Historic Environment Scotland's scheduling system as reference SM1385, recognising its importance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practices in the northern isles. Like many Orkney standing stones, it survives as a tangible record of the communities who inhabited these islands millennia ago, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric ceremonial activity in northern Britain.
Leafea, standing stones 535m SSW of Broadshore House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1385. View the official record →
Leafea is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Orkney, 535 metres south-south-west of Broadshore House. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1385.
Leafea, standing stones 535m SSW of Broadshore House dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a standing stones 535m ssw of broadshore house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Leafea, standing stones 535m SSW of Broadshore House 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 SM1385.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brockan, burnt mound 300m S of (0.3 km), Breckness House and site of chapel (0.6 km), Ness Battery, coast defence battery, Stromness (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Leafea, standing stones 535m SSW of Broadshore House's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Leafea, standing stones 535m SSW of Broadshore House stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.