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Woodend is a Neolithic or Bronze Age cairn situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 550 metres south-south-west of the settlement. The monument comprises a burial mound accompanied by a cross-incised stone, typical of funerary practices in northern Scotland during the prehistoric period. The cairn rises from bedrock of the Argyll Group, Neoproterozoic psammite, semipelite and pelite formations that underlie the surrounding landscape.
The cross-incised stone represents a distinctive feature of later prehistoric monument construction, with incised linear markings that may have held ritual or territorial significance. Such stones frequently accompanied cairn burials as markers or were incorporated into the cairn structure itself. The combination of mound and marked stone at Woodend reflects patterns of burial custom evident across Aberdeenshire and the wider northeast Scottish Highlands.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM12009, acknowledging its importance to understanding prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the region. The monument survives within its original landscape setting, where the underlying metamorphic geology has shaped both the terrain and the availability of stone for construction across the millennia since its creation.
Woodend, cairn and cross-incised stone 550m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12009. View the official record →
Woodend is a Neolithic or Bronze Age cairn situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 550 metres south-south-west of the settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12009.
Woodend, cairn and cross-incised stone 550m SSW 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 SM12009.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newton of Braco, ring-cairn 740m W of (0.4 km), Chapel o' Sink Cairn, cairn (2.2 km), Abersnithack Lodge, enclosure 165m N of (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Woodend, cairn and cross-incised stone 550m SSW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Woodend, cairn and cross-incised stone 550m SSW of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.