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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Urquart Stones Alternative Name: Cappieshill
Country: Scotland County: Moray Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Elgin  Nearest Village: Urquart
Map Ref: NJ26456450
Latitude: 57.664351N  Longitude: 3.234459W
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.
 3 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
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Urquart Stones
Urquart Stones submitted by lenny : Near By Witches Hill, Possibly once home to a SC, now a huge monolith if a farmers field (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Moray.
A stone circle on a cross roads about a mile from the village of Urquart.

Easily seen from the road, access is through a gap in the fence. Three stones remain upright, two local pink granite stones from the Cairngorms the other is made of sandstone that is naturally pitted. They stand approx 1.5 m tall. Two more are fallen but can be found if you hunt through the undergrowth. The whole site is on a plateau with views through to the Cairngorms. 200m from this site is what is locally known as the witches hill, a very large man made object that stands over 25 ft. high. Documents from the begining of the 20 century indicate that once a stone circle stood atop the mound. The stones have all been robbed to make a local building, whilst part of the NW side has been dug away. The RCHMS files say that although not proven it is a strong candidate for a cairn, if it is you could fit a large town into it, apart from Silbury hill it one of the most massive man made hills I have ever seen. It is well worth a visit.
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Re: Urquart Stones by coldrum on Monday, 05 April 2010
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    Re: Urquart Stones by 21stcenturypict on Monday, 12 December 2011
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    This is not the Urquhart Stone Circle .The image is also incorrect ,Urquhart Stone Circle is 1K north of Urqhart @ NJ 289 641.
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Re: Urquart Stones by JacquieandSimon on Saturday, 24 May 2008
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The above actually applies to the site "Innismill", which is to be found to the east of this site reference!
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Re: Urquart Stones by Tyrebagger on Friday, 06 October 2006
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This is the same site as Innesmill, and the grid reference is totally wrong.
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    Re: Urquart Stones by Klingon on Friday, 06 October 2006
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    According to RCAHMS "Innesmill" and "Urquart Stones" are two different sites. Coordinates are also correct.
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      Re: Urquart Stones by Tyrebagger on Monday, 30 October 2006
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      The site pictured above is Innesmilll, also known as the Standing Stones of Urquhart. The grid ref should be NJ290640 - I know, because I have visited the site. Check the Streetmap link above, it points to totally the wrong place.

      Canmore has no record for 'Urquart Stones' and the only record for 'Urquhart Stones' is the same one as for Innesmill.
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        Missing link by Tyrebagger on Monday, 30 October 2006
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        http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.newcandig_details_gis?inumlink=16581
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        Re: Urquart Stones by Klingon on Monday, 30 October 2006
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        Canmore has an entry for this site and these co-ordinates:
        http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.newcandig_details_gis?inumlink=16533

        You are right with the pictures 8408 and 8411 but picture 8409 looks different. I think this could be this site.

        I've visited Innesmill too, a lovely hidden place.
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        Re:UrquartStones by JacquieandSimon on Saturday, 24 May 2008
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        Dowsed and measured here today. Each stone is about 30 feet apart and 50 feet from the centre of the circle. There is an energy line (entrance?) heading from south to north through the circle. Where it enters the circle (south, about 13 feet from the stone at the SSE) the line is about 7 feet wide, narrowing into the centre where it is about 2 feet wide. At the centre the line divides into three separate lines, each about 2 feet wide; one heads north, one NNE, one NNW. At the SW edge of the circle is the start of another narrow energy path into the circle's centre. Dowsing suggests this path was for animals - maybe a place of slaughter just outside the circle. Although in farmland now, dowsing suggests it was in a wood/forest clearing. There was activity there 3500 years ago.
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