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

Map Ref: NJ85520237  Landranger Map Number: 38
Latitude: 57.112052N  Longitude: 2.240708W
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.
 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.
 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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lorraineyoung visited on 1st Dec 2024 - their rating: Cond: 2 A wee walk from the road. I'd like to find out if it's in private ownership as we'd like to tidy up the rhododendron bush and see it more clearly

pawel visited on 19th Jan 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4

megalithicmatt visited on 11th Nov 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Used to live a few minutes from this site. Recumbent is short and squat; other stones are stumpy and some are hidden in bushes. Lots of deer live in the woods.

hamilton have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Binghill
Binghill submitted by lorraineyoung : We hold our drumming circle here. We'd like to tidy it up. Who owns this site? (Vote or comment on this photo)
Recumbent Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire

Binghill at NJ855023 in Aberdeenshire is rated as only Grade 4 by Burl but to my non-professional eyes it is far more recognisable than Raich for example.

Situated at the edge of a wood I approached it from the West over two grassy fields to find a gate into the wood.
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Binghill submitted by megalithicmatt : Looking SSE at the recumbent stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Binghill submitted by hamilton : Binghill Stone Circle can scarcely be described as picturesque at the best of times. But when I visited it on the day of the Winter Solstice, 2010, and took this panoramic photograph at precisely noon under conditions of deep snow, it sparkled with life and character. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Binghill
Binghill submitted by cosmic : Binghill at NJ855023 in Aberdeenshire is rated as only Grade 4 by Burl but to my non-professional eyes it is far more recognisable than Raich for example. Situated at the edge of a wood I approached it from the West over two grassy fields to find a gate into the wood. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Binghill submitted by golux : View looking E across the circle. The recumbent is on the right, with its moss-covered flankers lying beside it. The line of stones across the foreground indicates the size of the circle. The small stones beyond this line are kerbstones of the central court of the cairn which stood in the circle. The RCAHMS webpage makes all this clear with an excellent plan of the circle and the cairn.

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Re: Binghill by Andy B on Monday, 18 July 2022
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Amy 'Small Adventures' writes: The three best stone circles in Aberdeenshire…
(…in my limited opinion!)

I’ve been to at least nine of the recumbent stone circles in Aberdeenshire and for me there are definitely three stand out favourites. These might not be the ‘cleanest’ examples of recumbent circles but they’re all circles that feel special to me. So, in no particular order, my favourite stone circles…so far!

Binghill (this page) - also more about visiting this one here
https://in-a-kingdom-by-the-sea.com/2021/03/01/hidden-gems-aberdeen-to-balmoral-in-historical-sites/

Loanhead of Daviot https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=98

Loudon Wood https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=103

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https://in-a-kingdom-by-the-sea.com/2021/10/05/the-three-best-stone-circles-in-aberdeenshire/


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Re: Binghill by golux on Tuesday, 23 December 2014
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There are two cairns nearby:
1. A cairn, which lies about 30m to the E of the recumbent stone circle, measures 10m in diameter and 0.3m in height; a hollow at its centre indicates a previous disturbance. (RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 26 February 1997)
2. Another cairn, to which the OS refer, is situated roughly 42m SSW of the recumbent stone circle. (RCAHMS (ATW) 9 February 2007)
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Re: Binghill by golux on Sunday, 26 October 2014
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Access

No need to go cross-country over the fields, you can drive to within 100m. Head W out of Aberdeen on the A93. In Milltimber (within Aberdeen) turn right onto Binghill Road, take the 5th left onto The Meadows, then 6th right onto Oldfold Crescent. On the right between no.5 and no.6 is an opening to a path into the woods. Follow this path, first curving left round behind no.6, then turning right to go uphill, to a metal gate opening onto a track which runs from Contlaw Road to Binghill House. Cross the track and continue uphill. The circle is at the top of the slope, standing in front of the old drystane dyke bounding this woodland.

NB the OS map shows the circle at NJ 8550 0228, about 25m S of its true position.
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Re: Binghill by cosmic on Monday, 29 March 2004
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