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Upperthird is a Bronze Age stone circle located approximately three hundred metres west of Upperthird in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument belongs to the tradition of ritual and ceremonial stone circles that characterise the Bronze Age in northeast Scotland, a period of considerable cultural significance for monumental construction across the region. The site is recorded under the Historic Environment Scotland INSPIRE reference SM52, ensuring its protection and documentation within the national heritage record. Like other circles of this type, Upperthird would have served important communal, ceremonial, or astronomical functions within Bronze Age society, though the specific details of its original configuration and the number of standing stones are matters for archaeological study and survey.
Upperthird,stone circle 300m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM52. View the official record →
Upperthird is a Bronze Age stone circle located approximately three hundred metres west of Upperthird in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM52.
Upperthird,stone circle 300m W of dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Upperthird,stone circle 300m 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 SM52.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Logie Newton, kerb cairns 700m NW of (1.9 km), Ythan Wells, Roman camps 1000m WSW of Logie Newton Farm (2.3 km), Mains of Hatton, stone circle 575m NNW of (3.8 km).
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