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Paddock Stone is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Angus, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The monument belongs to a widespread tradition of monumental stone-setting that flourished across Britain and Ireland during the second millennium BC. Standing stones served diverse purposes within Bronze Age communities, functioning as territorial markers, ritual focal points, or memorials to significant individuals and events.
The stone rises from bedrock belonging to the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a geological formation of Pragian age composed primarily of sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This local geology provided the raw material for monument construction across the region. The choice of this location reflects Bronze Age communities' understanding of their landscape and their integration of ritual monuments into the natural topography.
Like many Scottish standing stones, Paddock Stone endures as a tangible link to Bronze Age settlement and belief systems. Its survival into the present day, despite millennia of agricultural use and landscape change, has allowed it to retain its protected status and continue to inform understanding of prehistoric Angus and the broader Bronze Age cultures of eastern Scotland.
Paddock Stone, standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2999. View the official record →
Paddock Stone is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Angus, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2999.
Paddock Stone, standing stone dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a standing stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Paddock Stone, standing stone 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 SM2999.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow, 350m NNW of 28 Red Cliffs (1.8 km), Balmerino Abbey (6.5 km), Waterloo, enclosure 300m ESE of (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Paddock Stone, standing stone'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.
Paddock Stone, standing stone stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.