Stone Circles
A great range of both Standing and Recumbent Stone Circles
Henges
Henges are ceremonial enclosures with a bank outside the ditch dating from the late third millennium BC. The few known in the north-east are small.
Standing Stones
Several very impressive single standing stones survive in striking locations, possibly covering burials or marking access points to significant areas of landscape. They appear to date from the Bronze Age (second millennium BC).
Pictish Symbol Stones
Carved stones with intiricate designs and symbols are often classed as Pictish Symbol Stones
Round Cairns and Other Burial Mounds
During the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, a large number of, usually circular, burial mounds were erected in prominent locations to intern important members of the community.
Long cairns and Barrows
The first farmers (c 4,000 - 3,000 BC) buried some of their ancestors under edge-shaped or oval mounds of turf or stone, often sited on prominent hillcrests in these long cairns and barrows.
Clava cairns
Named after the group at Balnuaran of Clava, near Inverness, these burial cairns were erected in the early Bronze Age (c 2000 BC) with a stone circle surrounding either a chambered tomb or a ring cairn.
Hill Forts and other Settlements
Hill forts and protected settlements including a medieval castle, coastal forts and Pictish strongholds.
Souterrains
A Souterrain is a grotto or cavern underground
