What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Brandan's Stanes as Cup Marked Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Recumbent Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (period Unassigned). 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.
St Brandan's Stanes likely date to the Neolithic or Bronze Age and may have been part of a ritual or ceremonial landscape, possibly linked to early funerary or astronomical practices. The name may later have been associated with Saint Brendan, reflecting a later Christian overlay on prehistoric sites.
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Places near here
Lodge HillMountain / peak · 776 yd
Milton of Tillynaught, Milltown BridgeBridge (period Unassigned) · 989 yd
BlairmaudHouse (period Unassigned) · 1277 yd
RAF Banff Strike Wing MemorialMonument · 1741 yd
Black CulphinPeat Workings (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1.2 mi
West BlairshinnochBarrow (bronze Age) · 1.4 mi
Hill of CulbirnieNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.5 mi
Boyne CastleCastle (late 16th Century) · 2.9 mi
Boyne Bay QuarryNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.9 mi
Inchdrewer CastleTower House (16th Century) · 3.0 mi
Portsoy War MemorialMemorial · 3.2 mi
Hill of MaunderleaMountain / peak · 3.4 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0