Scheduled monuments in Aberdeenshire

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A scheduled monument in Scotland is a nationally important archaeological site or monument which is given legal protection by being placed on a list (or "schedule") maintained by Historic Environment Scotland. The aim of scheduling is to preserve the country's most significant sites and monuments as far as possible in the form in which they have been inherited.^[1]

The process of scheduling is governed by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which aims "to make provision for the investigation, preservation and recording of matters of archaeological or historical interest". The term "scheduled monument" can apply to the whole range of archaeological sites which have been deliberately constructed by human activity but are not always visible above ground. They range from prehistoric standing stones and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings constructed for the World Wars. Some buildings or structures which were both scheduled and listed have had their listing designations removed to reduce the duplication.

As of 2017 there were 8,238 scheduled monuments in Scotland.

Notable scheduled monuments in Aberdeenshire[]

Name	Location	Description	Ref No	Image
Parkhouse Hill stone circle (Aikey Brae)	Old Deer	Recumbent stone circle	SM2
Berrybrae stone circle	Crimond, Lonmay	Prehistoric stone circle	SM8
Cothiemuir Hill	Keig	Prehistoric stone circle	SM17
Broomend henge, standing stones and symbol stone	Port Elphinstone	Prehistoric henge and avenue	SM18
Christchurch, stone circle and standing stone, Midmar	Midmar	Recumbent stone circle	SM32
Old Keig stone circle	Keig	Recument stone circle	SM40
Sunhoney	Midmar	Recumbent stone circle	SM44
Whitehill stone circle	Bogmore Wood, Monymusk	Recumbent stone circle	SM55
Tap o' Noth	Rhynie	Hill Fort	SM63
Ardlair Stone	Kennethmont	Pictish symbol stone	SM65
Craw Stane	Rhynie	Class 1 Pictish symbol stone	SM69
Kintore symbol stone	Kintore	Pictish symbol stone	SM76
Balquhain Castle	Chapel of Garioch	Remains of a tower house	SM90
Doune of Invernochty motte	Strathdon	Medieval motte	SM94
Hill of Dunnideer, fort, platform settlement and tower	Insch	Prehistoric fort	SM95
Inverallochy Castle	Rathen	Ruinous large courtyard castle	SM97
Inverugie Castle	Inverugie	16th-century Tower House	SM98
The Bass and Little Bass	Inverurie	Motte-and-bailey castle and earthworks	SM99
Boyne Castle	Boyndie	16th-century quadrangular castle	SM354
Eslie stone circle (ESE of Eslie)	Banchory	Recumbent stone circle	SM976
Eslie stone circle (South of Eslie)	Banchory	Recumbent stone circle	SM977
Nine Stanes (Mulloch Wood) stone circle	Banchory	Recumbent stone circle	SM979
Old Bourtreebush stone circle	Banchory-Devenick	Remains of stone circle	SM980
Dunnottar Castle	Dunnottar	Ruinous castle	SM986
Dundarg Castle	New Aberdour	Traces of prehistoric fort/remains of medieval castle	SM2450
Ravenscraig Castle	Peterhead	Ruined 15th-century L-shaped tower-house	SM2496
Gight Castle	Fyvie	Ruined 16th-century castle	SM2508
Findlater Castle	Sandend	Ruined medieval castle	SM2846
Banff Castle	Banff	Traces of medieval castle	SM2927
Old Slains Castle	Slains	Ruined medieval tower house	SM3250
Esslemont Castle	Ellon, Aberdeenshire	Ruined Tower House	SM3400
Balquhain stone circle	Chapel of Garioch	Recumbent stone circle	SM3961
Balbridie timber hall	Banchory	Site of a Neolithic long house	SM4084
Capo long barrow	Fettercairn	Neolithic long burial barrow	SM4444
Pittulie Castle	Pitsligo	Ruined 16th/17th-century castle	SM5578
Eden Castle	Near Banff	Ruined 16th/17th century towerhouse	SM5638
Conzie Castle (Bognie Castle)	Huntly	Ruined 17th-century house	SM5899
Fedderate Castle	New Deer	15th-century stronghold	SM5951
Pitsligo Castle	Pitsligo	15th/18th-century ruined courtyard castle	SM6146
Old Aberdour Kirk	Aberdour, Aberdeenshire	Ruined St Drostran's kirk and graveyard	SM6155
Ellon Castle	Ellon	Remains of a late medieval/early modern castle	SM7333
Cowie Castle	Cowie	Traces of medieval castle	SM9742
Glenkindie House souterrain	Towie	Prehistoric souterrain (underground store)	SM10953
Asloun Castle	Alford	Round tower, remains of a larger building	SM11392
Corgarff Castle	Corgarff	16th century castle	SM90080
Cullerlie stone circle	Echt	Prehistoric stone circle	SM90088
Culsh souterrain	Tarland	Iron Age souterrain (underground storage chamber)	SM90091
East Aquhorthies stone circle	Inverurie	Prehistoric recumbent stone circle	SM90126
Glenbuchat Castle	Glenbuchat	Ruined z-plan tower hooooouse	SM90151
Huntly Castle	Huntly	Remains of L-plan castle	SM90165
Kildrummy Castle	Kildrummy	Remains of medieval castle	SM90181
Maiden Stone	Chapel of Garioch	Pictish cross-slab symbol stone	SM90210
Picardy Stone	Insch	Class I Pictish symbol stone	SM90239
Tolquhon Castle	Tarves	Ruined 15th/16th-century castle	SM90302
Tomnaverie stone circle	Coull	Recumbent stone circle	SM90303

See also[]

• List of Category A listed buildings in Aberdeenshire

References[]