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<< Our Photo Pages >> Candle Hill - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, 15 July 2002  Page Views: 10851

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Candle Hill Alternative Name: Candle Stane
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NJ59912997  Landranger Map Number: 37
Latitude: 57.358437N  Longitude: 2.667993W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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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SolarMegalith visited on 18th Feb 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4

megalithicmatt visited on 9th Feb 2009 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Access from the north is a bit hazardous as a little quarry has to be avoided. The circle is pretty much destroyed but the overgrown cairn is visible in the centre. Great views all around.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.5

Candle Hill
Candle Hill submitted by cosmic : The only stone left standing (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire

A recumbent stone circle with a fallen recumbent and cup-marks on the eastern flanker.

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Candle Hill
Candle Hill submitted by SolarMegalith : Candle Hill recumbent stone circle - fallen recumbent and flankers (photo taken on February 2018). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Candle Hill
Candle Hill submitted by megalithicmatt : Fallen recumbent and flanker. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Candle Hill
Candle Hill submitted by hamilton : This image shows Candle Hill Stone Circle in a panoramic composite image created by hoisting the camera to a height of some four metres on a monopod. This was held above head height while the camera's auto timer counted down 10 seconds. Four photos are included. The photo includes the fallen recumbent and flankers, the single upright and one stone on the western arc. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Candle Hill
Candle Hill submitted by cosmic : A fallen stone and the only upright (Vote or comment on this photo)

Candle Hill
Candle Hill submitted by cosmic : The fallen recumbent & flanker (Vote or comment on this photo)

Candle Hill
Candle Hill submitted by SolarMegalith : Cup-mark on the eastern flanker (photo taken on February 2018).

Candle Hill
Candle Hill submitted by SolarMegalith : Candle Hill recumbent stone circle - view from the north (photo taken on February 2018).

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Candle Hill submitted by SolarMegalith : Stones in the eastern part of the Candle Hill recumbent stone circle (photo taken on February 2018).

Candle Hill
Candle Hill submitted by SolarMegalith : The summit of Candle Hill with the stone circle - view from the SE (photo taken on February 2018).

Candle Hill
Candle Hill submitted by cosmic : The fallen recumbent

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Excavation of an Iron Age timber structure beside the Candle Stane recumbent stone ci by Andy B on Saturday, 15 November 2008
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Cameron, Kirsty Excavation of an Iron Age timber structure beside the Candle Stane recumbent stone circle, Aberdeenshire. from Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Volume 129 (1999)

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_129/129_359_372.pdf
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Candle Hill by cosmic on Saturday, 20 August 2005
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This circle lies in a walled off area at the top of the hill. It is much overgrown with gorse and broom and a modern quarry lies just to the West with some of the spoil having been dumped in the middle of the circle. Despite all this it does have an aura.
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Re: Candle Hill by Anonymous on Sunday, 01 December 2002
This site can be found on the web at www.geocities.com/purpledaisywolf/candlehill.html

Right now there are two pictures on that page with more to come...


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