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.
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.
there were 8,239 scheduled monuments in Scotland.
Notable scheduled monuments in Aberdeenshire Name LocationDescription Ref NoImage Old Parish Church of St Talorgan Fordyce Ruined church Parkhouse Hill stone circle (Aikey Brae) Old Deer Recumbent stone circle Berrybrae stone circle Crimond, Lonmay Prehistoric stone circle Cothiemuir Hill Keig Prehistoric stone circle Broomend henge, standing stones and symbol stone Port Elphinstone Prehistoric henge and avenue Christchurch, stone circle and standing stone, Midmar Midmar Recumbent stone circle Old Keig stone circle Keig Recument stone circle Sunhoney Midmar Recumbent stone circle Whitehill stone circle Bogmore Wood, Monymusk Recumbent stone circle Tap o' Noth Rhynie Hill Fort Ardlair Stone Kennethmont Pictish symbol stone Craw Stane Rhynie Class 1 Pictish symbol stone Kintore symbol stone Kintore Pictish symbol stone Balquhain Castle Chapel of Garioch Remains of a tower house Doune of Invernochty motte Strathdon Medieval motte Hill of Dunnideer, fort, platform settlement and tower Insch Prehistoric fort Inverallochy Castle Rathen Ruinous large courtyard castle Inverugie Castle Inverugie 16th-century Tower House The Bass and Little Bass Inverurie Motte-and-bailey castle and earthworks Boyne Castle Boyndie 16th-century quadrangular castle Eslie stone circle (ESE of Eslie) Banchory Recumbent stone circle Eslie stone circle (South of Eslie) Banchory Recumbent stone circle Nine Stanes (Mulloch Wood) stone circle Banchory Recumbent stone circle Old Bourtreebush stone circle Banchory-Devenick Remains of stone circle Dunnottar Castle Dunnottar Ruinous castle Dundarg Castle New Aberdour Traces of prehistoric fort/remains of medieval castle Ravenscraig Castle Peterhead Ruined 15th-century L-shaped tower-house Gight Castle Fyvie Ruined 16th-century castle Findlater Castle Sandend Ruined medieval castle Banff Castle Banff Traces of medieval castle Old Slains Castle Slains Ruined medieval tower house Esslemont Castle Ellon, Aberdeenshire Ruined Tower House Balquhain stone circle Chapel of Garioch Recumbent stone circle Balbridie timber hall Banchory Site of a Neolithic long house Capo long barrow Fettercairn Neolithic long burial barrow Pittulie Castle Pitsligo Ruined 16th/17th-century castle Eden Castle Near Banff Ruined 16th/17th-century towerhouse Conzie Castle (Bognie Castle) Huntly Ruined 17th-century house Fedderate Castle New Deer 15th-century stronghold Pitsligo Castle Pitsligo 15th/18th-century ruined courtyard castle Old Aberdour Kirk Aberdour, Aberdeenshire Ruined St Drostran's kirk and graveyard Ellon Castle Ellon Remains of a late medieval/early modern castle Cowie Castle Cowie Traces of medieval castle Glenkindie House souterrain Towie Prehistoric souterrain (underground store) Asloun Castle Alford Round tower, remains of a larger building Corgarff Castle Corgarff 16th-century castle Cullerlie stone circle Echt Prehistoric stone circle Culsh souterrain Tarland Iron Age souterrain (underground storage chamber) East Aquhorthies stone circle Inverurie Prehistoric recumbent stone circle Glenbuchat Castle Glenbuchat Ruined z-plan tower hooooouse Huntly Castle Huntly Remains of L-plan castle Kildrummy Castle Kildrummy Remains of medieval castle Maiden Stone Chapel of Garioch Pictish cross-slab symbol stone Picardy Stone Insch Class I Pictish symbol stone St John's Church, Gamrie Gardenstown Ruined church and burial ground Tolquhon Castle Tarves Ruined 15th/16th-century castle Tomnaverie stone circle Coull Recumbent stone circle
See also List of Category A listed buildings in Aberdeenshire
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