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Old Bourtreebush is a Bronze Age stone circle and cairn located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a stone circle situated approximately 250 metres west of a cairn, both dating to the Bronze Age period. Such paired monuments are characteristic of later prehistoric ritual landscapes in northeast Scotland, where circles and burial cairns often functioned within shared ceremonial or funerary contexts. The site is recorded in the national heritage record under HES INSPIRE reference SM980.
Old Bourtreebush,stone circle and cairn 250m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM980. View the official record →
Old Bourtreebush is a Bronze Age stone circle and cairn located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM980.
Old Bourtreebush,stone circle and cairn 250m W of dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone circle and cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Old Bourtreebush,stone circle and cairn 250m W of 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 SM980.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Aquhorthies, stone circle,cairn and platform 200m NNE of (0.3 km), Shields, hut circle 295m NW of (1.5 km), Auchlee Cottage, stone circle 120m NNE of (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Old Bourtreebush,stone circle and cairn 250m W of'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.
Old Bourtreebush,stone circle and cairn 250m W of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.