<< Our Photo Pages >> St. Brandan's Stanes - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: St. Brandan's Stanes Alternative Name: Templeton FarmCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.286 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Banff Nearest Village: Cornhill
Map Ref: NJ60756105 Landranger Map Number: 29
Latitude: 57.637668N Longitude: 2.659046W
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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St Brandan's Stones are recorded as Canmore ID 18495, the 1906 entry of which reads: "St Brandan's Stanes. The few stones remaining of this stone circle are situated on the farm of Templeton, at the south extremity of a long strip of fir plantation running down from Bankhead Farm. The ground plan shows two pillars with, between them, a recumbent stone 8 feet long. In front of the pillars lie four large blocks and, close to the east face of the east pillar, an almost square block, vertical and apparently earth fast. This may be the beginning of an inner stone-setting. The east pillar shows signs of having been split and part-removed, in modern times. The west pillar has eight cupmarks near its base. In or before 1866 there were twelve, but some may have been obscured by the growth of grass and weeds around the base."
A 2005 field visit records: "These two upright stones are probably the remains of a recumbent stone circle occupying a slight terrace on the gentle NNE facing slope dropping down above Templeton. The two stones stand some 2m apart and are probably the flankers of the recumbent setting, though the recumbent itself has been removed. Nevertheless, the placing of the stones (1 & 3), with their more regular sides facing SSW and sloping back towards the NNE, indicates that the setting stood on the SSW arc of the circle. The W flanker (1), which at 1.7m in height is some 0.25m shorter than its neighbour, exhibits six large cupmarks upon the lower part of its rear face; six others are concealed by the field clearance gathered around its foot (see below). An earthfast stone (C) 0.85m high set immediately behind the E flanker is probably the sole surviving kerbstone of a cairn within the circle; a thin veneer of cairn material survives immediately to the rear of the setting and presumably extends beneath the field-gathered stones piled around the two flankers, but the rest has been cleared in the course of cultivation. At least one of the stones (A) on this heap is probably a displaced orthostat, and it is possible that a smaller stone (B) is yet another."
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