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Nine Stones is a Bronze Age stone circle located at Ninestone Rig in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a ring of standing stones characteristic of ceremonial and ritual sites erected during the Bronze Age, a period marked by significant developments in metalworking and social organisation across Britain. The circle's precise dating and original configuration remain subjects of archaeological study, though its classification as a Bronze Age monument reflects its place within the broader tradition of stone circle construction that flourished in Scotland during this period. Such monuments typically served ceremonial, funerary, or astronomical functions within their contemporary communities.
Nine Stones, stone circle, Ninestone Rig is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1688. View the official record →
Nine Stones is a Bronze Age stone circle located at Ninestone Rig in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1688.
Nine Stones, stone circle, Ninestone Rig dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone circle, ninestone rig. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Nine Stones, stone circle, Ninestone Rig 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 SM1688.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Scooped settlement, 1025m NW of Roughley (0.8 km), Buck Stone, standing stone 470m NNE of Hermitage Farm Cottage (1.7 km), Hermitage Castle, castle, chapel, enclosures, deer trap, park boundary and farmstead (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Nine Stones, stone circle, Ninestone Rig'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.
Nine Stones, stone circle, Ninestone Rig stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.