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The stone rows 350 metres south-east of North Yarrows in Caithness is a Bronze Age monument comprising aligned standing stones. The site lies on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, a mixed sequence of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone laid down during the Middle Devonian period, which provides the local stone resource worked into monuments across this landscape. Stone rows of this type typically date to the second millennium BC and served purposes now largely unknown, though their careful orientation and placement suggest ceremonial or astronomical significance to their Bronze Age builders.
The monument is situated in an area rich in prehistoric remains, characteristic of Caithness's concentration of Bronze Age ritual sites. The placement of standing stones in rows is a distinctive feature of northern Scottish prehistory, found widely across the county's moorland. The site remains protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument, reflecting its importance to understanding Bronze Age communities in the far north.
Loch of Yarrows, stone rows 350m SE of North Yarrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM506. View the official record →
The stone rows 350 metres south-east of North Yarrows in Caithness is a Bronze Age monument comprising aligned standing stones. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM506.
Loch of Yarrows, stone rows 350m SE of North Yarrows 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 SM506.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn of Get, chambered cairn, cairns and cists (2.9 km), Broughwhin, cairn and stone row 190m NW of Groat's Loch (3.1 km), Cairn Hanach,chambered cairn S side of Warehouse Hill (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Loch of Yarrows, stone rows 350m SE of North Yarrows'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.
Loch of Yarrows, stone rows 350m SE of North Yarrows stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.