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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pitglassie
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NJ686434  Landranger Map Number: 29
Latitude: 57.479752N  Longitude: 2.525288W
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.
 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
 3

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Pitglassie submitted by Klingon : When we visited this site the owner of the house nearby just moved into it. He didn't know that a megalith is only a few meters behind his garden. We had a nice talk about the Scotish countryside and their treasures. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Recumbent Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire

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NJ6843 : Pitglassie Recumbent Stone Circle (1) by Anne Burgess
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NJ6843 : Pitglassie Recumbent Stone Circle (2) by Anne Burgess
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NJ6843 : Pitglassie Recumbent Stone Circle (3) by Anne Burgess
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NJ6843 : View near Gallows Hill by Les Harvey
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NJ6843 : Don't Drive Straight On by Anne Burgess
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Pitglassie Street View by Andy B on Monday, 27 February 2023
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Re: Pitglassie by Andy B on Friday, 13 July 2018
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Adam Welfare writes: In researching stone circles in NE Scotland over the past few years, not least for my book, Great Crowns of Stone, I have been struck by how few remain intact.

The recumbent stone circle of Easter Aquhorthies is a remarkable exception, but even so its mid-19th century owner considered it prudent to enclose it within a low wall. His counterpart at Pitglassie had no interest in his recumbent stone circle and instead extracted the stones and piled them in a heap ready to be taken away.

Once cleared, such stones were usually put to work around the farm. At Bankhead several were reused in a field wall and one at Corrie Cairn was employed as a gate-post. Likewise, at Cairnfauld one supports the gable of a barn, while at Colmeallie another was built into a now ruined cart shed. However, sometimes a single stone would be spared demolition for use as a cattle rubbing stone – as happened at Peat Hill.

Many archaeological sites are fairly slight in nature and as long ago as the 1840s John Stuart of Inchbreck, Professor of Greek at Aberdeen University, complained about the loss of antiquities resulting from agricultural improvement. Pressure from him and others of like mind eventually led to the mapping of ancient monuments like Innesmill by the Ordnance Survey, a responsibility that was subsequently passed to RCAHMS in 1983.

Although many stone circles in Scotland must have been destroyed without any sort of record, details of more than 500 can be consulted using the Commission’s Canmore search engine. This record owes much to the work of the Ordnance Survey and there can be little doubt of the important role it played in documenting and preserving what is a vitally important part of the nation’s heritage. The story of the Lynagowan site is a salutary reminder that much recording work still needs to be done and that attrition remains a very real issue. However, we can be consoled to some extent by knowing that in general terms Scotland’s stone circles have never been better cared for and that many are now protected by an effective legal framework.

See here for links to the various sites mentioned above:
http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/adam-welfare-rcahms-moray/
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