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Yonder Bognie stone circle is a Bronze Age monument located near Wardend in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The circle forms part of the significant concentration of prehistoric ritual sites found across the Grampian region, reflecting the importance of this landscape during the Bronze Age period. The monument consists of standing stones arranged in a circular configuration, typical of ceremonial and possibly calendrical monuments constructed during the second millennium before the common era. Such stone circles served functions that likely encompassed ritual, burial, and communal gathering practices within Bronze Age communities of northeast Scotland.
Yonder Bognie stone circle, 215m NNE of Wardend is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM56. View the official record →
Yonder Bognie stone circle is a Bronze Age monument located near Wardend in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM56.
Yonder Bognie stone circle, 215m NNE of Wardend 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 SM56.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Conzie Castle and Doocot (0.9 km), Cairnton, stone circle 480m NE of (1.8 km), Stone circle, 365m WSW of Raich Farm (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Yonder Bognie stone circle, 215m NNE of Wardend'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.
Yonder Bognie stone circle, 215m NNE of Wardend stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.