What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Stoneyhill as Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dated to the Neolithic period with possible Bronze Age activity, Stoneyhill stone circle likely served ceremonial or astronomical purposes. Such sites were often used for communal gatherings, rituals, or marking seasonal changes in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
StoneyhillFarmhouse (19th Century), Farmstead (19th Century), Mill (19th Century) · 46 yd
BackhillsFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1072 yd
Greens of AucharniePit(s) (period Unassigned) · 1524 yd
Ythanwells, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 1526 yd
Broom HillLeaf Arrowhead (flint)(period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Kirk HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Hill of DenmossMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
The GlenDronach DistilleryHeritage attraction · 2.8 mi
Drumblade District War MemorialMemorial · 2.8 mi
Bognie CastleCastle · 3.9 mi
Conzie CastleTower House (medieval) · 3.9 mi
Cobairdy WoodWood · 4.6 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0