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Ring of Brodgar
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Ring of Brodgar submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Dandelions outside the ring.
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Log Text: Very busy unfortunately, plus the paths are well worn and detracting. Best to get there on a winter's evening I think.
Rothiemay
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Moray)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Rothiemay submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. The recumbent.
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Log Text: Lovely recumbent. Quite fun trying to find all the cup marks.
Sand Wick Burial Ground
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2006. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Sand Wick Burial Ground submitted by megalithicmatt on 16th Jan 2012. Part of the excavation. Unfortunately, the excavating team wasn't present during this visit (August 2006).
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Log Text: Found accidently, no-one around to talk to.
Sidhean Mor Dail A' Chaorainn
Date Added: 26th Sep 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Sidhean Mor Dail A' Chaorainn submitted by Megalithicmatt on 14th Apr 2016. The circular enclosure on top.
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Log Text: None
Skara Brae
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Skara Brae submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Looking out over Bay of Skaill.
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Log Text: Nice, but the tourist focus and access detracts from the experience.
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.
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.
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.
Stenness
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Stenness submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. One of the Stenness stones (and some sheep).
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Log Text: Want to go back.
Stonehead
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2008. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stonehead submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Stonehead with Dunnideer to the left and Hill of Christ's Kirk to the right.
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Log Text: Big.
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
Suardal
Date Added: 5th Jul 2014
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Suardal submitted by LivingRocks on 27th Jul 2005. The remains of the chamber.
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Log Text: Easily seen on the horizon when coming up Strath Suardal.
Sueno's Stone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class III Pictish Cross Slab
Country: Scotland (Moray)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Sueno's Stone submitted by Cosmic on 9th Nov 2003. Another view of the Sueno Pictish Stone at NJ046595. The largest stone we've ever seen - enclosed in perspex case to protect it - only yards away from A96 Dual carriageway and yet how many people ever notice it?
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Log Text: Gigantinormous.
Sunhoney
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Sunhoney submitted by cosmic on 14th Aug 2003. Sunhoney stone circle from the SE.
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Log Text: Lovely place.
Tap o'Noth
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Tap o'Noth submitted by Cosmic on 4th Jan 2004. South side
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Log Text: Visited loads of times. Great place, great views, great walls, great walk up.
The Gowk Stane
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
The Gowk Stane submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Looking east from the stone.
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Log Text: View would once have been good but nearby developments have rendered it a bit dull.
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.
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.
Tomnaverie
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Aug 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tomnaverie 39 submitted by Andy B on 18th Jan 2004. Part of the Burnham family holiday to Tomintoul, Moray in August 2003
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Log Text: Precariously perched but what a stunning scene! Beautiful recumbent setting.
Tuack
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Tuack submitted by Cosmic on 14th Mar 2004. Tuack from the north-west
The only reason I'm convinced I've got the actual site is the ditch
which surrounds it. At the edge of a rookery this site has a couple of
upstanding (rather than standing stones) and a ditch of the correct size
(just over 7metres).
The main track up the hill is blocked by a high gate and barbed wire,
presumably to prevent access to the quarry sites and ubiquitous
telephone mast which now straddles the hill. The actual circle is down
in the South most corner o...
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Log Text: Participated in Richard Bradley's excavation there for about a week. (He calls it 'Tuach', BTW).