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<< Our Photo Pages >> Greenhill - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, 15 July 2002  Page Views: 9199

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Greenhill
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NK097401  Landranger Map Number: 30
Latitude: 57.451104N  Longitude: 1.840019W
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
no data 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.
no data 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
3
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Greenhill Donegal submitted by twentytrees : The two remaining upright slabs. What sort of megalithic tomb is this? Portal, court, passage? (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire

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GaelicLaird at Greenhill north ogham stone
GaelicLaird at Greenhill north ogham stone submitted by GaelicLaird : Yours truly, acting the fool and delighted at finding such a great example of this early medieval script. Photo taken April 2021. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Greenhill north ogham stone
Greenhill north ogham stone submitted by GaelicLaird : Thank goodness for electric fences. Saved from a beefy looking herd of Holsteins, Angus and a Hereford. Photo taken April 2021. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Greenhill south ogham stone
Greenhill south ogham stone submitted by GaelicLaird : Photo taken April 2021. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Greenhill north ogham stone
Greenhill north ogham stone submitted by GaelicLaird : Lovely clear script. The best example I've seen outdoors in situ. Photo taken April 2021. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Greenhill south ogham stone
Greenhill south ogham stone submitted by GaelicLaird : The upper section of script. Photo taken April 2021. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Greenhill south ogham stone
Greenhill south ogham stone submitted by GaelicLaird : The middle section of script. Photo taken April 2021.

Greenhill south ogham stone
Greenhill south ogham stone submitted by GaelicLaird : The lower section of script. Photo taken April 2021.

Greenhill south ogham stone
Greenhill south ogham stone submitted by GaelicLaird : Photo taken April 2021.

Greenhill standing stone
Greenhill standing stone submitted by GaelicLaird : Photo taken April 2021

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : looking back at mound from the shore

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : wall section, inner and outer wallfaces I think

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : a stone section up close

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : northern half of the mound from the shore

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : side view of mound from down on the shore

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : my edge on view coming up the beach from the south

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : broch from ferry

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : mound including broch from the ferry

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : satellite view showing half the wall circuits surviving, with the cliff-face marking the entrance axis

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