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Stone Lud is a Bronze Age monument comprising a standing stone, recumbent stone, and cairn located 240 metres west-south-west of Ludstone Cottage in Caithness, Scotland. The site represents a characteristic form of funerary or ceremonial architecture from the Bronze Age period, when such stone complexes served important ritual functions within prehistoric communities. The monument's recumbent stone, combined with the standing stone and associated cairn material, reflects constructional practices common to northern Scottish prehistory during the second millennium BCE. The site remains a significant archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial practices in the far north of Scotland.
Stone Lud, standing stone, recumbent stone and cairn 240m WSW of Ludstone Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM487. View the official record →
Stone Lud is a Bronze Age monument comprising a standing stone, recumbent stone, and cairn located 240 metres west-south-west of Ludstone Cottage in Caithness, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM487.
Stone Lud, standing stone, recumbent stone and cairn 240m WSW of Ludstone Cottage dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a standing stone, recumbent stone and cairn 240m wsw of ludstone cottage. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Stone Lud, standing stone, recumbent stone and cairn 240m WSW of Ludstone Cottage 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 SM487.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oslie, chambered cairn 250m S of Lynegar House (4.9 km), Grey Cairn, broch 475m SE of Lynegar (5.2 km), Chapel of Dunn, chapel, 300m SW of Oldhall House (6 km).
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