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<< Our Photo Pages >> New Craig - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by enkidu41 on Monday, 15 July 2002  Page Views: 12323

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: New Craig
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Inverurie  Nearest Village: Daviot
Map Ref: NJ74562966  Landranger Map Number: 38
Latitude: 57.356709N  Longitude: 2.424469W
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.
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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megalithicmatt visited on 2nd Jun 2008 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A Spectacular wreck. Another stone stands in the woods behind and there are cup-marked rocks in the fields nearby.

Chrus visited on 1st Jan 0000 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 3.5

New Craig
New Craig submitted by cosmic : Viewed from Outside (Vote or comment on this photo)
Recumbent Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire. Largely destroyed the only remains are the 3.45m long by 0.9m thick recumbent with flankers all built into a wall. The top of the recumbent has been smashed. A boulder near the site to the E bears cupmarks.

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New Craig
New Craig submitted by cosmic : View over standing stone to recumbent. (Vote or comment on this photo)

New Craig
New Craig submitted by megalithicmatt : Recumbent and flankers built into the drystane dyke. (Vote or comment on this photo)

New Craig
New Craig submitted by krautrock : New Craig. The recumbent with the two flankers is built in a stonewall. June 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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New Craig submitted by krautrock : New Craig. My Cousin as measure beside the huge stones. June 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

New Craig
New Craig submitted by krautrock : New Craig. View over the flanker to Benachie. June 2010

New Craig
New Craig submitted by cosmic : This stone is within a stone throw of the circle but was it part?

New Craig
New Craig submitted by krautrock : New Craig. Two huge stones behind the recumbent could be part of the circle. June 2010

New Craig
New Craig submitted by krautrock : New Craig. Two huge stones behind the recumbent could be part of the circle. June 2010

New Craig
New Craig submitted by TheCaptain : Driving north from Loanhead Of Daviot, I spotted on the crest of a hill what looked like a circular wood with a large stone almost shining in the sun. At the top of the hill, by the edge of the wood are the large recumbent and its two flankers, now incorporated into a wall.

New Craig
New Craig submitted by TheCaptain : At the top of the hill, by the edge of the wood are the large recumbent and its two flankers, now incorporated into a wall.

New Craig
New Craig submitted by TheCaptain

New Craig
New Craig submitted by TheCaptain : Driving on north from Loanhead Of Daviot, I spotted on the crest of a hill what looked like a circular wood with a large stone almost shining in the sun. A look at the map showed this as a stone circle, and because of the great light, I stopped to go and visit.

New Craig
New Craig submitted by TheCaptain : Within the woodland behind are a few other large stones, presumably once part of the original circle.

New Craig
New Craig submitted by TheCaptain

New Craig
New Craig submitted by krautrock : New Craig. The remains of this Stone Circle is in sight of "The Loanhead of Daviot" to southeast. June 2010

New Craig
New Craig submitted by krautrock : New Craig. Two huge stones behind the recumbent could be part of the circle. Some cupmarks on the lying stone. June 2010

New Craig
New Craig submitted by krautrock

New Craig
New Craig submitted by cosmic : Natural or Carved? MArks on West Flanker

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 836m SSE 165° Loanhead Of Daviot* Stone Circle (NJ74772885)
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 7.9km WSW 240° The Gowk Stane* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NJ67652570)
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Re: New Craig by TheCaptain on Thursday, 27 July 2017
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Notes from my visit October 2016.

Driving on north from Loanhead Of Daviot, I spotted on the crest of a hill what looked like a circular wood with a large stone almost shining in the sun. A look at the map showed this as a stone circle, and because of the great light, I stopped to go and visit.

At the top of the hill, by the edge of the wood are the large recumbent and its two flankers, now incorporated into a wall. Within the woodland behind are a few other large stones, no doubt once part of the original circle. A nice place for a quick visit, with good views.
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Re: New Craig by hangovermonkey on Sunday, 11 April 2010
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The edge of the field and recumbent are now surrounded by an electric fence (if you're coming from the field direction as we were this April with the field not in crop). It looks like this is for cattle, though, as there is plenty room to roll under the fence to access the helpful steps up to the wooded area and stones behind the recumbent. (Yes, I checked it was electric. Yes I am stupid! :)
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    Re: New Craig by HaggisAction on Friday, 08 May 2015
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    I also checked if the fence was electric but thankfully it must have been turned off haha.
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Re: New Craig by cosmic on Friday, 18 March 2005
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On the OS 1:50,000 this appears as two standing stones but is very clearly a recumbent! The farmer was happy to let us have a look at it despite the signs - beware lady farmer!
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