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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Broomend Of Crichie Stone Circle / Henge
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Inverurie Nearest Village: Port Elphinstone
Map Ref: NJ77911968 Landranger Map Number: 38
Latitude: 57.267239N Longitude: 2.367895W
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

4 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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.

4 Accuracy:

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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megalithicmatt visited on 4th Oct 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Participated in two of Richard Bradley's excavations here, thus hard not to picture it de-turfed and dug up.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 2.67 Access: 4.33

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**Broomend Of Crichie Stone Circle / Henge** submitted by golux : View looking S across the henge to stone A in the middle distance; the ditch running horizontally across the middle of the picture is the disproportionally large boundary ditch of the henge. This ditch has breaks on the S and N sides where the "avenue" passes through (the N break is partly visible above the rightmost stone) and was originally surrounded and screened from view by a high narrow oute... (Vote or comment on this photo)

This is a nice example of a small henge monument. Originally, there was a stone circle within the henge and an impressive avenue of standing stones led the way into the entrance. Unfortunately, this avenue was dynamited away by ignorant Victorian farmers and now only four stones remain.

On the opposite side of the henge, there stood concentric stone circles, but these too were destroyed. In the middle of the henge, stands a Pictish symbol stone, but this is not its original location - it was rescued when a railway line between Aberdeen and Inverness was being laid and placed in the henge to protect it. Not the ideal place for it, but better than it being destroyed!

Richard Bradley believes there could be evidence of a 'wood henge' here, (see photo below). If so, this would be the most northerly known one in Britain.
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