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Lulach's Stone is a Bronze Age standing stone and enclosure located in Drumnahive Wood, Aberdeenshire. The monument consists of an upright stone set within an associated enclosure, typical of ritual or ceremonial sites from the later prehistoric period. The stone itself rises from bedrock of Lower Old Red Sandstone, conglomerate and sandstone deposits formed during the Early Devonian, which outcrops across the surrounding moorland in this part of Aberdeenshire.
The enclosure surrounding the stone represents a formal arrangement characteristic of Bronze Age monument complexes in north-eastern Scotland. Such enclosed stones often marked significant territorial or spiritual locations within the landscape, visible landmarks that would have held meaning for the communities inhabiting the region between roughly 2200 and 800 BCE.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM81, recognising its archaeological importance. The woodland setting of Drumnahive adds considerable character to the monument today, though the original Bronze Age landscape would have been considerably more open, allowing the standing stone to dominate the surrounding terrain as an imposing focal point.
Lulach's Stone, standing stone and enclosure, Drumnahive Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM81. View the official record →
Lulach's Stone is a Bronze Age standing stone and enclosure located in Drumnahive Wood, Aberdeenshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM81.
Lulach's Stone, standing stone and enclosure, Drumnahive Wood dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a standing stone and enclosure, drumnahive wood. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Lulach's Stone, standing stone and enclosure, Drumnahive Wood 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 SM81.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Peel of Fichlie, motte (5.6 km), Cairn Head, cairn (5.8 km), Chapel of Towie, chapel and graveyard 80m NNW of (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lulach's Stone, standing stone and enclosure, Drumnahive Wood's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Lulach's Stone, standing stone and enclosure, Drumnahive Wood stands on Lower Old Red Sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.