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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.
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.
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.
Image Wood
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Aug 2007. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Image Wood 25 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: Lovely atmosphere. The circle's origins are somewhat suspicious though.
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.
Braehead Circle
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Couldn't find on 29th Mar 2008. My rating: Access 3
Braehead Farm submitted by cosmic on 13th Nov 2005. The entrance?
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Log Text: Stopped to soon at a clearnce cairn, didn't know about the recumbent over the hill!
Ellon.
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Ellon. submitted by Flickr on 31st Oct 2015. DSC05006 From North Image copyright: ewenrun, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Brief visit as we looked at how unoriginal it appeared...
Huntly
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Huntly submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Aug 2014. The paving stone inscription between them reads:
"The Stannin' Steens
7th century
The left one is a Pictish Symbol Stone"
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Log Text: Two small stones remaining out of about six. One used to have Pictish symbols (now lost to erosion). They stand beneath the statue in the town square.
Wantonwells
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2009. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Wantonwells submitted by cosmic on 30th Apr 2006. Wantonwells with Dunnideer behind. In his book "The Modern Antiquarian" Julian Cope argues for Dunnideer as the focal point for local stone circles.
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Log Text: Visited many times. Impressive views of Dunnydeer and Bennachie.
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.
Wardhouse
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jan 2007. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Log Text: Picturesque setting.
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.
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.
Crab's Cairn
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Crab's Cairn submitted by Creative Commons on 29th Nov 2011. Crab's Cairn in Aberdeenshire. Copyright George Wilson (http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7014), re-used under Creative Commons licence.
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Log Text: Must be harder to reach by now owing to a newish fence erected along the length of the hill.
Cat Cairn
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Cat Cairn submitted by cosmic on 27th Sep 2004. Cat Cairn from North
This is one of four prehistoric cairns on Tullos Hill just south of Aberdeen
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Log Text: The easiest one to reach from the town.
Cairn o'Mount
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cairn o'Mount submitted by SandyG on 27th Dec 2014. A small upright stone a short distance south east of the cairn might indicate the survival of other remains in the vicinity. View from south (8th August 2014).
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Log Text: Vistatastic.