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<< Our Photo Pages >> Rothiemay - Stone Circle in Scotland in Moray

Submitted by Golux on Monday, 15 July 2002  Page Views: 19377

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rothiemay Alternative Name: Milltown of Rothiemay, Rothiemay Castle
Country: Scotland County: Moray Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Keith  Nearest Village: Milltown of Rothiemay
Map Ref: NJ55084872  Landranger Map Number: 29
Latitude: 57.526394N  Longitude: 2.751714W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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ellawoo visited on 30th Mar 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4

SolarMegalith visited on 16th Jun 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

megalithicmatt visited on 23rd Sep 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Lovely recumbent. Quite fun trying to find all the cup marks.

golux visited on 3rd Jul 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Exact location according to RCAHMS is NJ 5508 4872. Easy access when the field is in grass: there is a gate from the road on the north side of the field, signposted for the circle. The village of Milltown of Rothiemay provides a pleasant, quiet, leafy backdrop. Both the recumbent and the stone east of it have cupmarks.

Klingon visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4

DrewParsons rldixon have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.8 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.25

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Rothiemay submitted by thewonderer : (Vote or comment on this photo)
Recumbent Stone Circle in Moray. The odd placement of the two farthest stones in the photo to the left, which do not form a neat circle with the others, suggest this was once a pair of concentric circles.

See the RCAHMS webpage for a 1998 report of a geophysical survey which revealed possible locations for the missing stones: a 33m outer circle of seven stones around an inner circle of five stones plus the recumbent.
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Rothiemay submitted by rldixon : Rothiemay taken july 2007 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Rothiemay submitted by DrewParsons : The two stones nearest to the gate and road. September 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Rothiemay submitted by megalithicmatt : The recumbent. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Rothiemay submitted by golux : This ruined circle is still impressive although now reduced to four upright stones, still standing 2m tall, and the cup-marked recumbent which is 4m long and 1.7m high. See additional notes added by "golux" in the main text for this site (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Rothiemay submitted by dooclay : Rothiemay June 24th 2021

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Rothiemay submitted by dooclay : I visited this site on June 24th 2021 and one end of the Recumbent appeared blackened, cracked and was hot to the touch? No obvious source of fire can be seen.

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Rothiemay submitted by Antonine : Visited 2015

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Rothiemay submitted by SolarMegalith : A general view of the Rothiemay recumbent stone circle (photo taken on June 2015).

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Rothiemay submitted by SolarMegalith : Rothiemay recumbent stone circle - motifs on the recumbent stone seen in artificial lighting (photo taken on June 2015).

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Rothiemay submitted by SolarMegalith : Cup-and-ring mark and cup-marks on the recumbent stone (photo taken on June 2015).

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Rothiemay submitted by SolarMegalith : Cup-marks on the recumbent stone (photo taken on June 2015).

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Rothiemay submitted by SolarMegalith : Recumbent of the Rothiemay stone circle (photo taken on June 2015).

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Rothiemay submitted by Bladup : Rothiemay stone circle.

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Rothiemay submitted by Bladup : The Recumbent at Rothiemay stone circle.

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Rothiemay submitted by Bladup : Rothiemay stone circle.

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Rothiemay submitted by DrewParsons : Close up of some of the cup marks on the recumbent stone. September 2012.

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Rothiemay submitted by DrewParsons : The huge recumbent stone - towards the right hand side various cup marks can be seen. September 2012.

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Rothiemay submitted by DrewParsons : A nicely shaped stone, one of 4 standing stones in the circle. September 2012.

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Rothiemay submitted by DrewParsons : One of the stones forming the circle. September 2012.

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Rothiemay submitted by DrewParsons : Cup marks on the recumbent stone. September 2012.

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Rothiemay submitted by DrewParsons : The recumbent and four standing stones. September 2012.

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Rothiemay submitted by DrewParsons : The circle seen from the gate to the field. September 2012.

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Rothiemay submitted by cosmic : Recumbent from North

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Rothiemay submitted by cosmic : Recumbent from outside

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Streetview by MikeAitch on Tuesday, 19 July 2011
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Re: Rothiemay by golux on Monday, 18 July 2011
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Exact location according to RCAHMS is NJ 5508 4872
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    Re: Rothiemay by DrewParsons on Tuesday, 19 July 2011
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    Site coordinates on this page now conform to RCAHMA location for Rothiemay - thanks golux
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