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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.
Tomnagorn
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Tomnagorn submitted by cosmic on 14th Aug 2003. Tomnagorn stone circle from the north.
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Log Text: It has all of its stones! The site is quite shady and almost surrounded by trees. Access can be had from the farm down the hill.
Dunnideer Circle
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dunnideer Circle submitted by megalithicmatt on 3rd Jan 2012. Recumbent and east flanker.
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Log Text: Half-hidden by the trees.
Dunnideer Fort
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Vitrified Fort
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Dunnideer Fort submitted by cosmic on 29th Apr 2006. Dunnideer from South
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Log Text: Used to live in Insch so I could see the hill every day! Great walk up to the top and I like looking out for the old post hole in the vitrified wall on the north side.
Loanhead Of Daviot
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Loanhead of Daviot submitted by rldixon on 27th Nov 2007. Loanhead of Daviot, Aberdeenshire, taken June 2007.
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Log Text: Complicated site with the cemetery neighbouring it.
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.
Midmar Kirk N
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Midmar Kirk N submitted by megalithicmatt on 3rd Jan 2012. The Balblair stone.
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Log Text: Massive, leans over ominously.
Midmar Kirk S
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Midmar Kirk S submitted by krautrock on 31st Jul 2010. Midmar Kirk S, Recumbent Stone Circle on a churchyard.
June 2010.
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Log Text: One of the best known sites in Aberdeenshire.
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.
Old Bourtreebush
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Old Bourtreebush submitted by megalithicmatt on 2nd Jan 2012. A photo of the easternmost orthostat still standing - looking west. The large broad stone is behind to the left.
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Log Text: One of my favourites!
Auchquhorthies
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Auchquhorthies submitted by megalithicmatt on 2nd Jan 2012. The recumbent and one of its flankers (on its right hand side) are near the left. This circle appears to be far better preserved than neighbouring Old Bourtreebush.
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Log Text: Vista marred by pylon lines nearby.
Auchlee Circle
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Couldn't find on 2nd Jan 2012. My rating: Access 3
Auchlee Circle submitted by cosmic on 30th Jul 2005. Upright stones.
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Log Text: Lost to the gorse - didn't bring shears or a flamethrower, so couldn't get in.
Nether Corskie Stone Circle
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Nether Corskie Stone Circle submitted by megalithicmatt on 15th Jan 2012. The stones are far bigger than they appear from the road: the western stone is 2.9m high and its partner is 2.1m.
The Great Crowns Of Stone gazetteer notes that the 'recumbent' lying between / behind them (not visible in this picture) was not present in surveys in 1902 and 1904, lending uncertainty to the site's classification and original configuration.
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Log Text: Woo! Massive stones! They look deceptively small from the road.
Castle Fraser circle
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Castle Fraser circle submitted by megalithicmatt on 15th Jan 2012. View of the recumbent setting from the WSW.
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Log Text: That's Fraser with an 's', not a 'z' and often called Balgorkar anyway. One of the stones was toppled by plough a couple of years ago but has since been re-erected. The same field has two other standing stones.
South Ley Lodge
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
South Ley Lodge submitted by megalithicmatt on 15th Jan 2012. The atmosphere of the site is somewhat overshadowed by the close proximity of an electricity substation and its many pylon lines.
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Log Text: More irritating pylon lines. The stones are unusually small.
South Fornet
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
South Fornet submitted by megalithicmatt on 15th Jan 2012. The two remaining stones standing.
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Log Text: On a hilltop with great views, this much-maligned site is a nice place to visit.
Lang Stane o' Craigearn
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 15th Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Lang Stane o' Craigearn submitted by cosmic on 7th Mar 2004. Lang Stane o' Craigearn is at NJ723149. It is a very tall thin standing stone - at least 10 feet high. It is situated on top of a grassed mound behind a house.
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Log Text: Keep wanting to visit this: can see it from the road (it's huge!) but my 'driver' never wants to park nearby...
Castle Fraser Row
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Castle Fraser Row submitted by cosmic on 24th Sep 2005. Pair from WSW.
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Log Text: Tall. In the middle of a cultivated field though.
The Langstane
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
The Langstane submitted by cosmic on 29th Mar 2004. The Langstane at NJ938059 is situated only 30m from one of Aberdeen's main thoroughfares at the junction of Dee Street and Lanstane Place. It is embedded into a recess at the back of a branch of a well known fastfood restaurant.
It appears close to its present site on G&W Paterson's 1746 map of Aberdeen but it is suspected that it may have been part of a stone circle on the West side of the Denburn. Another stone, the Crab Stane, appears on the same map.
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Log Text: Hard to miss when you're an Aberdonian. It's often thought that the Langstane and the nearby Crabstane have been given each other's names.
Strichen House
Date Added: 20th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Strichen House submitted by on 19th Jun 2002.
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Log Text: None