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Barnhouse Settlement
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Barnhouse Settlement submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Barnhouse Settlement HY306127. Probably in use around the same time of Skara Brae.
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Log Text: Rebuilt and made all spick-and-span...
Clickhimin
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Clickhimin submitted by jbamps on 12th Sep 2005. Remain of a broch near Lerwik (Shetland).
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Log Text: Brief visit, surprised it was so well preserved.
Buttony 4
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Buttony 4 submitted by wolfnighthunter on 4th Dec 2008. Button cup and ring carvings
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Log Text: Remember these being very clear on the rock.
Nine Ladies
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Nine Ladies submitted by PaulM on 1st Sep 2001. Nine Ladies Stone Circle (aka Stanton Moor 2), Derbyshire GR: SK249635
Nine Ladies is a typical Derbyshire circle consisting of nine visible small standing stones embedded in a grassed over stone rubble bank approximately 11.5m by 10.5m in diameter. The site is the most popular in Derbyshire and much in the media spotlight due to quarrying plans in the area.
The stones are all composed of local millstone grit and none are taller than one metre in height. The bank has now all but disappea...
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Log Text: Vague memories of rumbling around here.
Castlerigg
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Castlerigg submitted by rldixon on 7th Jan 2009. castlerigg taken about 11am dec 2008
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Log Text: Great site!
North Strone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
North Strone submitted by megalithicmatt on 6th Nov 2011. A large circle of small stones (pink and grey granites). Very peaceful with a great view of Bennachie and Mither Tap.
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Log Text: A complete circle, how rare! The stones are extremely small and the hilltop is extremely windy.
Esslie The Lesser
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Esslie The Lesser submitted by megalithicmatt on 2nd Nov 2011. Eslie The Lesser. Currently overgrown and difficult to define.
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Log Text: Covered in field clearance and gorse - hard to make out.
Binghill
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Binghill submitted by megalithicmatt on 2nd Nov 2011. Looking SSE at the recumbent stone.
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Log Text: Used to live a few minutes from this site. Recumbent is short and squat; other stones are stumpy and some are hidden in bushes. Lots of deer live in the woods.
Auld Kirk O Tough
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Auld Kirk O Tough submitted by megalithicmatt on 2nd Nov 2011. Photo looking south-ish. One of only two stones standing. A drystane dyke lines up with this stone but whether or not it stands in its original position is unclear as the site is badly damaged.
A bank curves round behind the stones to the north and a vague hump, possibly the remains of a cairn, lies in the centre.
The drystane dyke further down the field towards Denwell farmyard has several large and long stones built into the base.
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Log Text: Longish walk uphill needed to get there from the Corrennie Wood minor road. The site is very small and damaged from earthworks and a drystane dyke. Met an old farmer there who reminisced about long winters 70 years ago.
Druidstone (Brackla)
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Druidstone (Brackla) submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. The most prominent stone. An oval-ish rubbly kerb ravaged by rabbit holes marks the perimeter of this site.
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Log Text: Kind of hard to get a measure on this site as lots of clearance rubble is mixed in with it.
South Lediken
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
South Lediken submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. South Lediken cairn from the south west.
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Log Text: Lovely atmosphere.
Westerton of Petmathen
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Dec 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Westerton of Petmathen submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. Looking northeast with the hill of Parnassus on the right hand side.
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Log Text: Hidden from the road by the odd shapes of the hillside. Pretty massive when seen up-close.
Loanend
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Loanend submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. Taken from the west. The recumbent is gigantic!
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Log Text: Often referred to as the 'Hawk Hill' circle. Must be wearily approached across fields of trippable neeps and curious coos.
Johnston, The Ringing Stone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Johnston, The Ringing Stone submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. The stone from the west. Walked in through Johnston farm.
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Log Text: Didn't ring, but I didn't want to hit it too hard either....
Hatton Of Ardoyne
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2008. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Hatton Of Ardoyne submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. Half of the circle. A fence separates the other side.
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Log Text: Good on a misty day.
Barmekin of Echt
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2008. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Barmekin of Echt submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. Stunning views from inside the fort.
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Log Text: A kind of cross between the hillforts of Barra and Newleslie but with the best view.
Balquhain
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Balquhain submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. Some cupmarks on one of the western stones.
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Log Text: Pronounced 'Balwheen' or 'Balwhine' depending on who you talk to. The circle is a bit average but the quartz pillar and the view are the main reasons to visit.
Broomend Of Crichie Stone Circle / Henge
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Henge
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Broomend Of Crichie Stone Circle / Henge submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. A section of Richard Bradley's excavation (ended Oct 2007) which shows a slightly elongated (8 x 8.5m) circle of post holes abutting the henge and built across the southern avenue line.
Bradley believed these could be evidence of a 'wood henge' since the post holes are larger than those of a conventional hut circle. If so, this would be the most northerly known one in Britain.
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Log Text: Participated in two of Richard Bradley's excavations here, thus hard not to picture it de-turfed and dug up.
Fullerton
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 2nd Oct 2007. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3
Fullerton submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Fullerton from the A96.
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Log Text: Drove past this site every two or three days for three years but never saw it up close.
Uyea Breck
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2006. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Uyea Breck submitted by megalithicmatt on 16th Jan 2012. Looking westwards towards Uyeasound (2006).
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Log Text: Very nice.