<< Our Photo Pages >> Friarsfield - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Friarsfield Alternative Name: CultsCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Aberdeen Nearest Village: Cults
Map Ref: NJ894035 Landranger Map Number: 38
Latitude: 57.122309N Longitude: 2.176696W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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pawel visited on 19th Jan 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2
golux visited on 26th Oct 2014 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 3 This site was reported destroyed in the Name Book of 1865. The stones lying on the site today are not likely to have any connection with the circle.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 0.5 Ambience: 2.5
Friarsfield Road stone circle is still there. In the 1970s the Council (who own the land) did some landscaping and so the stones that can be seen at the site may be part of the original circle but they are not in their original positions.
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