<< Text Pages >> Hillhead (Forgue) - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hillhead (Forgue) Alternative Name: Hillhead of Bogfouton;Wether HillCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Forgue Nearest Village: Wells of Ythan
Map Ref: NJ638367
Latitude: 57.419214N Longitude: 2.604335W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire
This now destroyed stone circle is described on The Northern Antiquarian's page for Hillhead, Forgue, Aberdeenshire.
TNA tells us: "Described by the early 20th century antiquarian and megalithomaniac Fred Coles (1903) as being situated “about 1¼ mile SE from the church at Ythan Wells,” all trace of this stone circle has long gone, and had already disappeared when Coles was surveying the region, telling merely that it had been here 'in open fields.' All subsequent explorations looking for remains of the site has proven fruitless."
Canmore ID 18237 also gives some information on this now lost site: "The remains of a stone circle published on the OS map in open fields at Hillhead have disappeared leaving no trace. (No stone circle is published at Hillhead on 1st ed, 2nd ed or modern maps.)"
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