<< Our Photo Pages >> Berrybrae - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: BerrybraeCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Fraserburgh Nearest Village: St. Combs
Map Ref: NK02765716 Landranger Map Number: 30
Latitude: 57.604438N Longitude: 1.955476W
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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drolaf visited on 14th Aug 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 getting overgrown with nettles grass etc. dark in summer when the trees are in leaf. the east flanker is cracked and the west flanker in massive. As with other local RSCs the stones and bank include some bright orange/pink granite. in flat rolling landscape no long views.
DrewParsons tyrianterror HaggisAction have visited here
The Aberdeenshire website on recumbent stone circles (see references below) states that the original setting comprised a 12.8 metre by 10.8 metre oval of low stones with 9 standing stones and a 3.3 metre long and 1.4 metre wide recumbent stone around its perimeter.
There was a ring cairn in its centre from which three cremation burials were identified. Burl (who excavated the site between 1975 and 1978 - see references below) says that it was partially destroyed by intrusive beaker peoples around 1900 to 1550 BC BC from which era a beaker burial was found. The stones were toppled and some smashed to create an enclosed cremation cemetery.
There are now 5 remaining stones including the recumbent stone with its bank reconstructed after the 1975-8 excavations. The site is located in a small wooded area 60 metres from the lane which runs between the A90 and the A952 about 3 kilometres south of the junction of those two A roads.
References: Burl A, The Stone Circles of Britain Ireland and Brittany, Yale Univerisity Press, Newhaven, 2000
Canmore: http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/21099/details/berrybrae/
Aberdeenshire County Website: http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/smrpub/shire/detail.aspx?refno=NK05NW0001
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