# Scheduled monuments in Aberdeenshire

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.
As of 2017 there were 8,239 scheduled monuments in Scotland.

## Notable scheduled monuments in Aberdeenshire

| Name | Location | Description | Ref No |
| Old Parish Church of St Talorgan | Fordyce | Ruined church | SM352 |
| Parkhouse Hill stone circle (Aikey Brae) | Old Deer | Recumbent stone circle | SM2 |
| Berrybrae stone circle | Crimond, Lonmay | Prehistoric stone circle | SM8 |
| Cothiemuir Hill | Keig | Prehistoric stone circle | SM17 |
| Broomend henge, standing stones and symbol stone | Port Elphinstone | Prehistoric henge and avenue | SM18 |
| Christchurch, stone circle and standing stone, Midmar | Midmar | Recumbent stone circle | SM32 |
| Old Keig stone circle | Keig | Recument stone circle | SM40 |
| Sunhoney | Midmar | Recumbent stone circle | SM44 |
| Whitehill stone circle | Bogmore Wood, Monymusk | Recumbent stone circle | SM55 |
| Tap o' Noth | Rhynie | Hill Fort | SM63 |
| Ardlair Stone | Kennethmont | Pictish symbol stone | SM65 |
| Craw Stane | Rhynie | Class 1 Pictish symbol stone | SM69 |
| Kintore symbol stone | Kintore | Pictish symbol stone | SM76 |
| Balquhain Castle | Chapel of Garioch | Remains of a tower house | SM90 |
| Doune of Invernochty motte | Strathdon | Medieval motte | SM94 |
| Hill of Dunnideer, fort, platform settlement and tower | Insch | Prehistoric fort | SM95 |
| Inverallochy Castle | Rathen | Ruinous large courtyard castle | SM97 |
| Inverugie Castle | Inverugie | 16th-century Tower House | SM98 |
| The Bass and Little Bass | Inverurie | Motte-and-bailey castle and earthworks | SM99 |
| Boyne Castle | Boyndie | 16th-century quadrangular castle | SM354 |
| Eslie stone circle (ESE of Eslie) | Banchory | Recumbent stone circle | SM976 |
| Eslie stone circle (South of Eslie) | Banchory | Recumbent stone circle | SM977 |
| Nine Stanes (Mulloch Wood) stone circle | Banchory | Recumbent stone circle | SM979 |
| Old Bourtreebush stone circle | Banchory-Devenick | Remains of stone circle | SM980 |
| Dunnottar Castle | Dunnottar | Ruinous castle | SM986 |
| Dundarg Castle | New Aberdour | Traces of prehistoric fort/remains of medieval castle | SM2450 |
| Ravenscraig Castle | Peterhead | Ruined 15th-century L-shaped tower-house | SM2496 |
| Gight Castle | Fyvie | Ruined 16th-century castle | SM2508 |
| Findlater Castle | Sandend | Ruined medieval castle | SM2846 |
| Banff Castle | Banff | Traces of medieval castle | SM2927 |
| Old Slains Castle | Slains | Ruined medieval tower house | SM3250 |
| Esslemont Castle | Ellon, Aberdeenshire | Ruined Tower House | SM3400 |
| Balquhain stone circle | Chapel of Garioch | Recumbent stone circle | SM3961 |
| Balbridie timber hall | Banchory | Site of a Neolithic long house | SM4084 |
| Capo long barrow | Fettercairn | Neolithic long burial barrow | SM4444 |
| Pittulie Castle | Pitsligo | Ruined 16th/17th-century castle | SM5578 |
| Eden Castle | Near Banff | Ruined 16th/17th-century towerhouse | SM5638 |
| Conzie Castle (Bognie Castle) | Huntly | Ruined 17th-century house | SM5899 |
| Fedderate Castle | New Deer | 15th-century stronghold | SM5951 |
| Pitsligo Castle | Pitsligo | 15th/18th-century ruined courtyard castle | SM6146 |
| Old Aberdour Kirk | Aberdour, Aberdeenshire | Ruined St Drostran's kirk and graveyard | SM6155 |
| Ellon Castle | Ellon | Remains of a late medieval/early modern castle | SM7333 |
| Cowie Castle | Cowie | Traces of medieval castle | SM9742 |
| Glenkindie House souterrain | Towie | Prehistoric souterrain (underground store) | SM10953 |
| Asloun Castle | Alford | Round tower, remains of a larger building | SM11392 |
| Corgarff Castle | Corgarff | 16th-century castle | SM90080 |
| Cullerlie stone circle | Echt | Prehistoric stone circle | SM90088 |
| Culsh souterrain | Tarland | Iron Age souterrain (underground storage chamber) | SM90091 |
| East Aquhorthies stone circle | Inverurie | Prehistoric recumbent stone circle | SM90126 |
| Glenbuchat Castle | Glenbuchat | Ruined z-plan tower hooooouse | SM90151 |
| Huntly Castle | Huntly | Remains of L-plan castle | SM90165 |
| Kildrummy Castle | Kildrummy | Remains of medieval castle | SM90181 |
| Maiden Stone | Chapel of Garioch | Pictish cross-slab symbol stone | SM90210 |
| Picardy Stone | Insch | Class I Pictish symbol stone | SM90239 |
| St John's Church, Gamrie | Gardenstown | Ruined church and burial ground | SM5678 |
| Tolquhon Castle | Tarves | Ruined 15th/16th-century castle | SM90302 |
| Tomnaverie stone circle | Coull | Recumbent stone circle | SM90303 |