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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stonehead Alternative Name: Aulton
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle
 Nearest Village: Insch
Map Ref: NJ601287  Landranger Map Number: 37
Latitude: 57.347047N  Longitude: 2.664629W
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.
 5 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.
 3 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
 3

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drolaf visited on 10th Aug 2024 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 just the flankers and recumbent left, in a farm field. can park at road junction-short walk to gate to climb over. impressive sized stones.

SolarMegalith visited on 18th Feb 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4

megalithicmatt visited on 1st Aug 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Big.

BolshieBoris visited on 1st Aug 1997 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Klingon visited - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3

NickyD have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.4 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.8

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Stonehead submitted by krautrock : Stonehead, view to the west. June 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Recumbent Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire

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Stonehead submitted by krautrock : Stonehead and happy Krautrock. June 2010 (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stonehead submitted by Klingon : (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stonehead submitted by Klingon (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stonehead submitted by golux : Stonehead Stone Circle (all that remains of it) standing in the snow, looking east towards Dunnideer Hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stonehead submitted by Bladup : The brilliantly named Stonehead.

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Stonehead submitted by krautrock : Stonehead and Dunnideer Hill Fort Tower. June 2010

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Stonehead submitted by krautrock : Stonehead and my cousin as measure. June 2010

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Stonehead submitted by Bladup : The brilliantly named Stonehead.

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Stonehead submitted by megalithicmatt : Recumbent, flankers and Dunnydeer.

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Stonehead submitted by SolarMegalith : Only the recumbent with its two flankers survived from the Stonehead recumbent stone circle (photo taken on February 2018).

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Stonehead submitted by megalithicmatt : Stonehead with Dunnideer to the left and Hill of Christ's Kirk to the right.

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Stonehead submitted by krautrock : Stonehead June 2010

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Stonehead submitted by krautrock : Stonehead, view to the west. June 2010

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Stonehead submitted by Suncircle49 : Aerial views, Mid-June 2019. A sunny day at my favourite site. Directly over head view of the recumbent and its flankers. View from the hilltop through the recumbent, and across the valley to the far side valley ridge. Hazards of a site visit. The cattle hidden at the bottom of the field, heard the noise of my flying drone and decided to have a closer look. They were very curious, frie...

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Stonehead submitted by Suncircle49 : 21/12/2018/2: 14:47 watched from10 metres back of the recumbent (estimated centre) looking through the U-shaped notch and seeing the sun settling on a slope of a hill in the distance horizon (circled). By14:51 the sun slowly began to ebb behind the slope of the hill, and at 14:59 the sun finally disappeared.

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Stonehead submitted by Suncircle49 : Theory 2018: a line of sight method to measure the Winter Solstice by having 3 fixed points; an observer at the centre circle, mid point on the recumbent, and a point on the horizon. Given a recumbent’s azimuth 215°, dates 19/20/21 December 2018, and a sun angle of 3° for a sunset. Calculated time for the Winter Solstice horizon sunset of 14:45 with an error margin +/- 15 minutes.

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Stonehead submitted by Megalithicmatt : Looking roughly south towards Hill of Christ's Kirk.

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Stonehead submitted by SolarMegalith : Stonehead recumbent stone circle - recumbent with flankers (photo taken on February 2018).

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Stonehead submitted by cosmic : The thinest recumbent ever?

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Stonehead submitted by cosmic : Stonehead from the outside

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Stonehead submitted by cosmic : Looking over the recumbent

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Stonehead submitted by Suncircle49 : 19 & 20/12/2018 unsuccessful, heavy cloud cover at the site. 21/12/2018/1: 14:40 start of the horizon sunset with the longest shadows of the recumbent and flankers showing perfect alignment with the horizon sun. An unexpectedly but special surprise the face of the recumbent turning bright orange from the sun.

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Stonehead submitted by Suncircle49 : Spring 2018/2: when looking out towards the opposite valley hills, noticed a small insignificant U-shaped notch in the centre of the the recumbent’s ridge (circled in red). The view from the notch focused on a hill opposite, I started to realise that this small notch might not be so insignificant.

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Stonehead submitted by Suncircle49 : This is the site where theory and practice came together, to create a unforgettable event in December 2018. Spring 2018/1: 19 March 9:00 sunny clear day, with the spring sun resting on top of the west flanker. A perfect day to photograph thanks to the aftermath of the weather phenomenon ‘Beast from the East’.

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Re: Stonehead by Anonymous on Thursday, 06 June 2013
I went in search of the Birthplace of my Greatgrandfather, John Brown and found as well the birthplace of his Mother. My Great great grandfather was a Blacksmith, working in the Aulton Smithy .He married the Girl from the neighboring farm--Stonehead. Their Son, John was born at the Smithy about 1830. In 1853 he left for a chance at a better life in Canada. A lot of Scots did leave about then.He eventually homesteaded in Saskatchewan and his large farm is still in the family. Janice( Brown) Boyes
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    Re: Stonehead by Anonymous on Monday, 13 January 2014
    I live at Stonehead Croft, where your great-great grandfather’s wife to be lived, and across the road from Aulton Smithy (still occupied too). Google Stonehead Croft and you should find my blog.
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