Archaeological sites in Scotland Archaeological sites in Scotland The Antonine Wall is a stone and turf fortification, built by the Romans across what is now the central belt of Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antonine Wall"
Balfarg is a prehistoric monument complex near Glenrothes in Fife ( ). ...more on Wikipedia about "Balfarg"
Ballochroy is a megalithic site in Kintyre on the Argyll peninsula in Scotland. It consists of three vertical stones, side by side, aligned with various land features 7-19 miles away. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ballochroy"
The recently found Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement is sited by the shore of Loch of Harray, Orkney Mainland not far from the Stones of Stenness. The base courses have been found of at least 15 houses which have similarities to Skara Brae in that the houses have central hearths, beds built against the walls and stone dressers, but differ in that the houses seem to have been free-standing. Pottery of the grooved ware type was found, as at the Stones of Stenness and Skara Brae. Flint and stone tools were found, as well as a piece of pitchstone thought to have come from the Isle of Arran. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barnhouse Settlement"
Burghead is a burgh in Moray, Scotland. The present town was begun in 1805 on the site of an important Pictish hill fort, which in fact was probably the largest of its period in the whole of northern Britain, and hence the most likely "capital" of the Kingdom of Fortriu, and hence all Pictland. A well in the burgh dates from this period, as do the Burghead Bull carvings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Burghead"
Cairnpapple Hill is a hill with a dominating position in central lowland Scotland with views from coast to coast. It was used and re-used as a major ritual site over about 4000 years, and in its day would have been comparable to better known sites like the Stones of Stenness. The summit lies 312 m above sea level, and is about 2 miles (3 km) north of Bathgate. In the 19th century the site was completely concealed by trees, then in 1947- 1948 excavations by Stuart Piggott found a series of ritual monuments from successive prehistoric periods. In 1998, Gordon Barclay re-interpreted the site for Historic Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cairnpapple Hill"
The Callanish stone circle is situated in the village of Callanish (spelled Calanais in Gaelic) on the west coast of the Isle Of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland ( ). ...more on Wikipedia about "Callanish"
Cladh Hallan is an archaeological site on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. It is significant as the only place in Great Britain where prehistoric mummies have been found. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cladh Hallan"
The Clava cairn is a type of Bronze Age circular chamber tomb cairn, named after the group of 3 cairns at Balnuaran of Clava, to the east of Inverness in Scotland. There are about 50 cairns of this type in an area round about Inverness. They fall into two sub-types, one typically consisting of a corbelled passage grave with a single burial chamber linked to the entrance by a short passage and covered with a cairn of stones, with the entrances oriented south west towards midwinter sunset. In the other sub-type an annular ring cairn encloses an apparently unroofed area with no formal means of access from the outside. In both sub-types a stone circle surrounds the whole tomb and a kerb often runs around the cairn. The heights of the standing stones vary in height so that the tallest fringe the entrance (oriented south west) and the shortest are directly opposite it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clava cairn"
Cramond is a village built on the east side of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth forming a natural harbour, now a suburb of Edinburgh. Excavations have revealed a Roman past and, as of 2004, the oldest human site in Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cramond"
Armit identifies the islet of Eilean Domhnuill, Loch Olabhat on North Uist, Scotland as what may be the earliest crannog. Unstan ware pottery found there suggests a Neolithic period date of 3200-2800 BC. A surrounding timber screen and the turf-walled houses seem to have been repeatedly taken down and rebuilt, and in the final phase two oblong stone-footed structures bear a resemblance to Knap of Howar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eilean Domhnuill"
The Hill O Many Stanes is a south-facing hillside (at ) in Mid Clyth, about 14 kilometres (9 miles) south of Wick in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, which now has about 200 upright stones, none more than a metre high, set out in rows running approximately north and south with the incline. The rows are not parallel, however, and they create a fan-shaped pattern. This arrangement is believed to be a relic of bronze age times. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hill O Many Stanes"
The Kilmartin Stones are a collection of ancient graveslabs (one exception being a side-slab of a tomb chest) located on the grounds at the Kilmartin Parish Church in the village of Kilmartin, Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kilmartin Stones"
At Knap of Howar on the Orkney island of Papa Westray, a Neolithic farmstead has been wonderfully well preserved, and is claimed to be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe, with radiocarbon dating showing that it was occupied from 3500 BC to 3100 BC, earlier than the very similar houses in the settlement at Skara Brae. ...more on Wikipedia about "Knap of Howar"
Maeshowe (or Maes Howe) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. The monuments around Maeshowe, including Skara Brae, were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. It gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, which bears no similarities to any other known chambered cairn design, either in Orkney or elsewhere. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maeshowe"
North Mains is a henge near Strathallan in Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "North Mains"
Portmahomack (Scottish Gaelic: Port MoCholmaig) is a small fishing village in Easter Ross, Scotland. Situated about 10 miles east of Tain on the Tarbat peninsula, Portmahomack has long been known to be on the site of early settlements. The original evidence of habitation was provided by shell middens pointing to settlement as early as one or two thousand years BCE. ...more on Wikipedia about "Portmahomack"
The Ring of Brodgar (or Brogar) is a neolithic henge and stone circle in The Mainland Orkney, Scotland, somewhat similar to Stonehenge in England. The ring of stones stands on a small isthmus between the Lochs of Stenness and Harray. The centre of the circle has never been excavated by archaeologists and scientifically dated, but it is thought that the stone circle was constructed around 2500 BC, pre-dating Stonehenge and many other ancient sites in the British Isles and Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ring of Brodgar"
Sand is the site of a major archaeological excavation on the Inner Sound coast of the Applecross Peninsula in Western Scotland, to the north of the small town of Applecross. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sand, Applecross"
Skara Brae is a large stone-built Neolithic settlement, located in the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of mainland Orkney (off northern Scotland). The level of preservation is such that it has gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status. It is one of Scotland's four such sites, the others being Edinburgh, New Lanark and St Kilda. ...more on Wikipedia about "Skara Brae"
The Stone Lud is a standing stone in the parish of Bower in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland (at and Ordnance Survey ) and about six kilometres (four miles) south of Castletown. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stone Lud"
The surviving Stones of Stenness ** form an impressive Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland, sited on a promontory at the south bank of the stream that joins the southern ends of the sea loch Loch of Stenness and the freshwater loch Loch of Harray. The name, pronounced stane-is, comes from Old Norse meaning stone headland. The stream is now bridged, but at one time was crossed by a stepping stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 1.2 km (3/4 mile) away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between the two lochs. Maeshowe chambered cairn is about 1.2 km (3/4 mile) to the east of the Stones of Stenness and several other Neolithic monuments also lie in the vicinity, suggesting that this area had particular importance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stones of Stenness"
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