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<< Our Photo Pages >> South Ythsie - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by wiccaman9 on Monday, 24 May 2010  Page Views: 17377

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: South Ythsie
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Ellon  Nearest Village: Tarves
Map Ref: NJ88503040  Landranger Map Number: 30
Latitude: 57.363925N  Longitude: 2.192818W
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
 5

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South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by krautrock : South Ythsie Stone Circle. June 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)
A four poster site initially, the stones forming a rectangle of 23 feet by 14 feet, but with 2 smaller outlying stones, the 6 stones of South Ythsie for an eliptical stone circle 28 feet by 24 feet.

Large stones make up the stone circle, which initially sat on a high mound. the mound has been eaten away w/ ploughing and erosion, and as a consequence of which the stones have become more exposed over the years.

The stones sit on the old land surface, so clearly the mound was erected after the stones were placed there, for stability? or merely to highlight their position from afar.

Close by is another 4 poster Stone circle.

Aron Bowers
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South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by golux : View looking southwards. (Vote or comment on this photo)

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by Razielsonofkain : Aerial view (Vote or comment on this photo)

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by krautrock : South Ythsie Stone Circle. Me and my Scottish Cousins. This site was the first station on our Stone Circle daytrip in Aberdeenshire. June 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by golux : View looking northwards. The tower on the skyline is the Prop of Ythsie. Anybody got a camera good enough to take a shot from the top (1100 yards away), looking down to the circle? (Vote or comment on this photo)

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by Postman : A rather simple circle but what a beauty.

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by SandyG : View from north west (21st September 2014).

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by krautrock : South Ythsie Stone Circle. June 2010

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by Postman : The little house on the Scottish prairie

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by Postman : I'd like to think she's saying goodbye to the stones but I doubt it.

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by Postman : Stoney madness in a grassy haven

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by Postman : Please forgive the intrusive telegraph pole, or don't I didn't put it there!

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by Postman : South Ythsie, reminded me of a short and squat Kinnell of Killin.

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by Postman : The stone that broke the circles back

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by SandyG : Could the circular hollow towards the base of this stone be a cup mark? View from east (21st September 2014).

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by SandyG : View from north (21st September 2014).

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by SandyG : View from west (21st September 2014).

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by krautrock : South Ythsie Stone Circle. June 2010

South Ythsie
South Ythsie submitted by wiccaman9 : South Ythsie Stone Circle A classic 4 poster initially, with 2 smaller outlying stones, making an elliptical circle of 6 stones. Aron Bowers

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Re: South Ythsie by golux on Monday, 24 May 2010
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wiccaman says "close by is another 4 poster Stone circle" in his post of 27/10/2007.
Anybody know what this refers to? According to RCAHMS there is nothing within 250 metres except the site of a cairn, now removed.
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    Re: South Ythsie by Andy B on Monday, 24 May 2010
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    2km might conceivably be 'close by' ?
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    Re: South Ythsie by hamilton on Sunday, 20 November 2011
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    Presumably he refers to Shethin, just 2 km north as the crow flies.

    Though it is probably a ring-cairn rather than a 4-poster. Les
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Re: South Ythsie by golux on Monday, 24 May 2010
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Condition: 3
Ambience: 3
Access: 4
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Re: South Ythsie by wiccaman9 on Tuesday, 27 November 2007
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A four poster site initially, the stones forming a rectangle of 23 feet by 14 feet, but with 2 smaller outlying stones, the 6 stones of South Ythsie for an eliptical stone circle 28 feet by 24 feet.

Large stones make up the stone circle, which initially sat on a high mound. the mound has been eaten away w/ ploughing and erosion, and as a consequence of which the stones have become more exposed over the years.

The stones sit on the old land surface, so clearly the mound was erected after the stones were placed there, for stability? or merely to highlight their position from afar.

Close by is another 4 poster Stone circle.

Aron Bowers
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Re: South Ythsie by WOODY on Monday, 29 October 2001
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A small circle by local standards ..... 6 stones of varying height on a raised platform .... no recumbant - although there is a platform of sorts at the back of the biggest stone .....access is not a problem - you need to walk 1/4 of a mile from the car park and it will most probably be muddy .
There is a sign with some info at the edge of the field ...and I will add this info at a later date along with some pictures when I get them developed .....
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