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<< Our Photo Pages >> Frendraught - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by Hamilton on Monday, 15 July 2002  Page Views: 6359

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Frendraught
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NJ6110442869  Landranger Map Number: 29
Latitude: 57.474400N  Longitude: 2.6502W
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.
 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.
 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
 5

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Frendraught
Frendraught submitted by hamilton : The remains of Frendraught stone circle, presumably the fallen flankers and recumbent. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Recumbent Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire

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Frendraught submitted by hamilton : Yhis photo of Frendraught Stone Circle was taken using a monopod to elevate the camers above the stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Frendraught by hamilton on Sunday, 14 August 2011
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There are still some mighty stones here, though the circle is a ruin.

Take the tarred road west from NJ627422 past Frendraught Estate as far as it goes, until it intersects a farm track at the Bogcoup T-junction. Now follow the track (on foot) northwards until the conifir plantation, where a path follows the field edge (northwest) through a tunnel of debranched trees. At the end of the tunnel, follow the field edge for a short distance (southwest) and look for a small plantation of much younger trees on your right, after about 50 metres.

Follow this for a short distance until you find yourself on a good path that soon emerges on to the forestry road in front of the mature coniferous forest behind. Turn left and after just a few steps you will see the remains of Frendraught stone circle on the very edge of the forest.
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Re: Frendraught by hamilton on Sunday, 14 August 2011
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If you try to gain Frendraught Stone Circle from the marker on the OS map above, you will be disappointed.

The circle is almost 2 kilometres to the north, in Bogcoup Wood. The correct coordinates are listed below.

NJ 612429
57.4744 degrees north
2.6502 degrees west

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Re: Frendraught by Andy B on Thursday, 18 November 2010
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Burl's citation for Frendraught MJ 62. 41. (4 = Destroyed) is
PSAS 51, 1917, 30 which is

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/ARCHway/volumeSelector.cfm?rcn=1340
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_051/51_030_047.pdf

From the 1917 reference:
The condition of the Stone Circle of Frendraught ... is in a very
dilapidated state. It stands just within the wood, near the north-
eastern boundary of the farm of Billhead of Frendraught. When
complete it must have been a large and imposing erection, having
about a dozen standing-stones in its circumference, and a diameter
of, at least, 85 feet. Most of the standing-stones must have been
removed many years ago, for the oldest inhabitant cannot remember
any more than four, along with the fragments of several others
lying in the western arc. About seventy years ago an attempt was
made to break up some of the stones then in existence, so that they
might be used for lintels, but the material did not prove satisfactory,
and the broken fragments are still lying where they fell, one of them
having marks of the bore-holes still in it.

The recumbent stone faces the south, and measures 5 feet in length,
but, as a portion 1 foot 7 inches long has been broken off (fig. 2), the
total length must have been originally 6 feet 7 inches.

Its height above made within the circle, nor of any remains having been found there,
and doubtless the planting of its area with trees will have helped to
destroy any such that may once have existed.
ground is 6 feet 3 inches, and its greatest breadth is 3 feet 6 inches.
The east pillar, which has fallen, measures 7 feet 4 inches in length, 2 feet
8 inches in breadth, and 2 feet in thickness. The west pillar is 6 feet
6 inches high, 3 feet 7 inches broad, and 2 feet 3 inches thick. There
are several fragments lying on the ground which appear to be the
remains of three stones that once stood on the western arc of the
circle, and a fourth stone is still standing at a distance of 85 feet north
of the recumbent stone. The recumbent stone has also been broken,
and two large portions of it are still lying where they fell, close to
its base. Nothing is known locally of any excavations having been
made within the circle, nor of any remains having been found there,
and doubtless the planting of its area with trees will have helped to
destroy any such that may once have existed.

There are two very nice B&W photos in the document as well
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