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Leadketty

Four Poster Stone Circle (bronze Age)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Leadketty as Four Poster Stone Circle (bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Bronze Age, Leadketty is a four-poster stone circle, a rare and enigmatic monument type often associated with ritual or ceremonial activity. Its purpose remains unclear, though such structures may have had astronomical, social, or spiritual significance.

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