Dunnideer Stone Circle 450m NW of Dunnideer Tower Insch, Scotland
Scheduled Monument Data
Dunnideer Stone Circle 450m NW of Dunnideer Tower has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since scheduling.
- Historic Scotland ID
- SM0
- Name
- Dunnideer stone circle, 450m NW of Dunnideer Tower
- Parish
- Insch
- County
- Aberdeenshire
- Easting
- 360863
- Northing
- 828456
- Categories
- Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring
- Date Listed
- 9 October 1925
- Date Amended
- 29 October 2003
- Date Updated
- 29 October 2003
Scheduled Monument Statement of Significance
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The monument is of national importance as the remains of a prehistoric stone circle and one of a cluster in the local vicinity. It is of a type (a recumbent stone circle) which is found only in North East Scotland. While its state of preservation is relatively poor, it has the potential to provide important information about design and construction, and how this architectural form relates to other variations across Scotland. It also has the potential to improve our understanding of prehistoric ritual activity in this area.
Scheduled Monument References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The monument was first scheduled in 1925 and again in 1961. The number of the original scheduling file is 22927/1a.
The monument is recorded by NMRS as NJ62NW 4. There is a NMRS report for this site, which is attached.
Bibliography
Burl, H A W (1973 a)
'The recumbent stone circles of North-East Scotland'
Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 102, 1969-70, 78
Burl, {H} A {W} (1976 a)
The stone circles of the British Isles
London and New Haven, 351
Coles, F R (1902 a)
'Report on stone circles in Aberdeenshire (Inverurie, Eastern Parishes, and Insch Districts), with measured plans and drawings, obtained under the Gunning Fellowship'
Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 36, 1901-2, 537-8
Name Book (County) ( )
Original Name Books of the Ordnance Survey
Book No. 41, 60
