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Tuilyies is a stone setting situated near Torryburn in Fife, Scotland. The monument comprises a configuration of stones arranged in a pattern characteristic of prehistoric ritual or ceremonial activity. Such settings typically date to the Bronze Age or Iron Age and reflect the religious or social practices of ancient communities. The site occupies ground underlain by the Clackmannan Group, a Westphalian sedimentary formation that would have shaped both the natural resources available to its builders and the landscape they inhabited.
The Clackmannan Group bedrock, formed through cycles of sedimentary deposition, provided local stone suitable for monument construction. The geological character of the site would have influenced settlement patterns and land use in the surrounding area throughout prehistory. The precise arrangement of stones at Tuilyies may have served as a marker for territorial boundaries, a focus for gatherings, or a location of spiritual significance within the Bronze Age or Iron Age landscape of Fife.
The monument is protected as a Scheduled Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM801, recognising its archaeological importance and contribution to understanding prehistoric Fife. The setting's survival to the present day, despite agricultural use of the surrounding terrain over two millennia, makes it an important witness to the monument-building traditions of ancient Scotland's east coast.
Tuilyies, stone setting, Torryburn, Fife is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM801. View the official record →
Tuilyies is a stone setting situated near Torryburn in Fife, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM801.
Tuilyies, stone setting, Torryburn, Fife 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 SM801.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Walton,enclosure 650m NE of (6.8 km), Burnshot,settlement & field system 443m NW of (6.9 km), Blackness House, enclosure 50m SSE of (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Tuilyies, stone setting, Torryburn, Fife'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.
Tuilyies, stone setting, Torryburn, Fife stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.