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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Esslie The Lesser
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Banchory  Nearest Village: Darnford
Map Ref: NO72259215  Landranger Map Number: 38
Latitude: 57.019635N  Longitude: 2.458664W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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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megalithicmatt visited on 10th Oct 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 3 Covered in field clearance and gorse - hard to make out.

BolshieBoris visited on 1st Aug 1997 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3

Runemage visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.33 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 3.33

Esslie The Lesser
Esslie The Lesser submitted by cosmic : Boulder pile near Esslie Lesser. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire

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Esslie The Lesser
Esslie The Lesser submitted by megalithicmatt : Eslie The Lesser. Currently overgrown and difficult to define. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Esslie The Lesser
Esslie The Lesser submitted by Runemage : Esslie the Lesser taken 2009 or earlier. Looks like the remains of a recumbent to me (Vote or comment on this photo)

Esslie The Lesser
Esslie The Lesser submitted by Runemage : Esslie the Lesser aka Ninestanes taken pre-2009 In those days, the circle was surrounded by a mature forestry plantation but was easily accessible from the road along a short track. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Esslie The Lesser
Esslie The Lesser submitted by Postman : Overgrown, but a nice day. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Esslie The Lesser
Esslie The Lesser submitted by Postman : (Vote or comment on this photo)

Esslie The Lesser
Esslie The Lesser submitted by Postman : Some nice bracken there.

Esslie The Lesser
Esslie The Lesser submitted by Postman : A good job the stones are quite big

Esslie The Lesser
Esslie The Lesser submitted by Postman : Sadly a bit overgrown during my visit.

Esslie The Lesser
Esslie The Lesser submitted by Bladup : Esslie The Lesser.

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Re: Esslie The Lesser by golux on Sunday, 04 April 2010
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Condition:3
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Access:4

You can see the circle from the road and access is by a short (40 yards) walk across a field.
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Re: Esslie The Lesser by coldrum on Friday, 02 April 2010
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