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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Garrol Wood
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Garrol Wood submitted by megalithicmatt on 2nd Jan 2012. One of the Nine Stanes' stones.
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Log Text: More commonly known as the Nine Stanes.
Esslie The Greater
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Esslie The Greater submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Recumbent and flankers middle left.
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Log Text: Very big.
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.
Ardlair (Circle)
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Ardlair (Circle) submitted by cosmic on 22nd Oct 2007. Ardlair RSC from North-West
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Log Text: I think Julian Cope described the recumbent as looking like a 'smashed tank' or somesuch similar thing. Definitely appropriate as the ruins of the rest of the site looks like a battlefield.
Mither Tap
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Mither Tap submitted by cosmic on 28th Dec 2003. Mither Tap at NJ 682 224
This the third highest hill fort surrounds the bare granite rock outcrop of the most easterly of the Bennachie summits. Although not the highest point of the Bennachie massif it is the most prominent.
The site was occupied between 1000BC and 1000AD with at least two sets of defences.
The main defence, formed by a well-built stone wall running from N to SE about 30 m below the summit of the outcrop, is clearly marked.
In places, the wall-faces and traces of a...
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Log Text: Partially rebuilt but still feels somewhat authentic and it has the best views in Aberdeenshire.
Unstan
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Unstan submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Unstan - view from the northeast.
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Log Text: I supposethe aspect is marred somewhat by the proximity of the car park.