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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.
Dwarfie Stane
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jul 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Dwarfie Stane submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. White cotton-like plants outside the front of the tomb.
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Log Text: Wow! There's enough room inside to lie down.
Duddo Five Stones
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Apr 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Duddo Five Stones submitted by kelpie on 16th May 2004. Stone circle in Northumberland at NT931437. There was no obvious path to the stones apart from through the crops so I took the shot from a distance. Burl believes that few if any of these stones are in their original positions but have probalby been re-erected through the years.
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Log Text: Very rushed visit. Don't remember much.
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.
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.
Old Keig
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Dec 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Old Keig submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. The recumbent and flankers are massive.
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Log Text: Often shady in amongst the trees. Would be good to see it on a very bright day.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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....