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Anne T visited on 17th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Torhouseskie Stones East: To be found in the field immediately to the east of the Torhousekie Stone Circles, one of these stones was most certainly the size of the boulders used in the stone circle, although because of the sheer number of cattle (and The Huge Bull) around these stones (and the deep puddles around them and in the adjacent field) we didn't go and investigate further. I then got chatting to another gentleman with his camera who was also keen to investigate the stones, but taking one look at the cattle and The Huge Bull, we looked at each other and said 'No'. I confess that even having printed off all the Canmore and Stone Rows of Great Britain records for this immediate area, I'd misread the grid reference and thought these stones were the ones to the south west of the circle (see Torhousekie South West Stones) and only realised my mistake when looking at the photographs and Canmore site together at home later. Although there appears to be a stone marked just to the east of the stone circle on Sandy G's plan of alignments at Torhousekie, which still confuses me - I need to check with Sandy. Even to my untrained eye, it looked like large field clearance boulders had been dumped next to the large boulder. I have since read Sandy G's visit report, which confirms his thinking that these are field clearance stones, but their proximity to the stone circle has influenced thinking as to what they are interpreted as.

SandyG visited on 5th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 4 Access: 3 This line of stones is probably entirely the result of field clearance. The largest stone at the northern end clearly sits on top of stones similar in size to those which lie in a line parallel to the field wall. The proximity of the stone circle has probably influenced the interpretation of this site as prehistoric. Whilst a prehistoric date cannot be wholly discounted the feature as a whole has the appearance of being the result of field clearance.

graemefield visited on 27th Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3

markj99 visited on 7th Feb 2009 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 3 Access: 3 I am incline to agree with Sandy G's interpretation of this dubious stone row. The scale and random nature of the stones make me interpret this as field clearance stones.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 1.75 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3.25

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