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Orwell is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Kinross-shire, Scotland, comprising two upright stones positioned approximately 150 metres north of the settlement of Orwell. The stones represent a form of ritual or ceremonial marker typical of Bronze Age practice in Scotland, when such monuments served purposes connected to burial, territorial demarcation, or seasonal gathering points. The exact dimensions and present condition of the stones are recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under the designation SM993. Such paired stone monuments, when datable to the Bronze Age, reflect the landscape management and monumental traditions of communities in the second and early first millennia before Christ.
Orwell, two standing stones 150m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM993. View the official record →
Orwell is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Kinross-shire, Scotland, comprising two upright stones positioned approximately 150 metres north of the settlement of Orwell. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM993.
Orwell, two standing stones 150m N of dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a two standing stones. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Orwell, two standing stones 150m N 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 SM993.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Serf's Priory (4.2 km), Classlochie, souterrain 320m NE of (4.7 km), Classlochie, ring-ditches 300m ESE of (5 km).
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