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Windyhill tombstone is a gravestone located in Fife, Scotland, standing some 450 metres north of Windyhill itself. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM2246. The stone occupies ground underlain by the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a geological formation of Moscovian age comprising alternating layers of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone interspersed with coal seams, ironstone and ferricrete. This coal-bearing bedrock reflects the industrial heritage of the Fife region, which became one of Scotland's principal coalfields from the eighteenth century onwards.
The monument represents a form of commemoration widely erected in Scotland, particularly from the seventeenth century onward, marking burial places within the landscape. Its position north of the main settlement suggests either an isolated burial or a small burial ground lying at some distance from the inhabited settlement itself, a common arrangement in rural areas where population was dispersed across the countryside.
The scheduling of the monument recognises its historical and archaeological importance as evidence of funerary practice and local settlement patterns in Fife. The stone's survival in the field landscape demonstrates the durability of carved stone memorials, which continue to communicate information about past communities long after their original contexts have been lost or transformed.
Windyhill,tombstone 450m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2246. View the official record →
Windyhill tombstone is a gravestone located in Fife, Scotland, standing some 450 metres north of Windyhill itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2246.
Windyhill,tombstone 450m 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 SM2246.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Palace, Culross, palace and gardens (5.7 km), The Moat, coal shaft, 650m SE of Cuvey Hall (5.7 km), Nether Kinneil, shell middens 400m ENE of Inveravon (9.6 km).
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Windyhill,tombstone 450m N of stands on Scottish Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.