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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.
Mill o'Noth
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Sep 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4
Mill o'Noth submitted by cosmic on 28th Dec 2003. Mill O'Noth Standing Stones at NJ503277
In a field near a stream junction.
Stones are about six feet high
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Log Text: The closest I've been is on the Castleton farm road but the stones are highly visible coming down the Cottown road and out along the Huntly road.
Brandsbutt
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Brandsbutt submitted by on 19th Jun 2002.
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Log Text: The site is a bit of a mess and the grim housing estate all around doesn't help. Having said that, the inscriptions are worth looking at.
Maiden Stone (Aberdeenshire)
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Maiden Stone (Aberdeenshire) submitted by bobs on 25th Jan 2004. Nice view of the back face of this Pictish symbol stone showing (from top) centaur .. notched rectangle .. Pictish Beast .. Mirror and Comb.
Grid Ref: NJ703247
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Log Text: Covered up by a box during winter - go during the sunnier months!
Bieldside
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2011. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 2 Access 5
Bieldside submitted by bobs on 29th Jan 2004. This burial cairn is situated slap bang in the middle of a modern housing estate and therefore has absolutely no atmosphere whatsoever. That said, it is still a good example of this type of cairn.
Grid Ref: NJ883027
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Log Text: Very large cairn. The view of the hills past the estate isn't too bad.
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.
Wheedlemont
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Wheedlemont submitted by thewonderer on 27th Jan 2004. Standing Stone Weedlemont Grid Ref NJ479265
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Log Text: Close to Upper Ord and Wheedlemont Hill, Rhynie is one of my favourite places, so I do like these stones very much.
Culsh
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Culsh 028 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: Fun place to crawl around in.
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.
Rhynie 2
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Rhynie 2 submitted by cosmic on 26th Jun 2005.
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Log Text: Set in the side of Rhynie square with its partner.
Broomend of Crichie Pictish Symbol Stone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Broomend of Crichie Pictish Symbol Stone submitted by rldixon on 17th Jan 2008. Broomend of Crichie pictish stone
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Log Text: Great stone, symbols are very clear and sharp.
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...
Whitehill Stone Circle
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2003. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Whitehill Stone Circle submitted by cosmic on 4th Apr 2004. Whitehill in Aberdeenshire at NJ 643135 is Graded as ruined but recogniseable but still appears in his Guide to Stone Circles.
Recently the surrounding wood has been harvested so it can be seenin context.
Only the West flanker (about 8 fett tall) and a stone in the NW corner are still standing but the general shape is obvious from the fallen stones and the cairn inside.
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Log Text: Nice walk in, atmospheric site.
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.
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).
Lang Stane (Aberdeen)
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2003. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 5
Lang Stane (Aberdeen) submitted by cosmic on 30th Aug 2004. Ancient and Modern
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Log Text: Big. Stands in the middle of an estate.
Tullos Cairn
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Tullos Cairn submitted by cosmic on 5th Sep 2004. Tullos Cairn from E
This is one of four scheduled carins on Tullos Hill just to the south of Aberdeen. The others are Baron's, Cat and Crab's.
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Log Text: Sprawling dessicated mass.
Baron's Cairn
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Baron's Cairn submitted by hamilton on 5th Feb 2012. Baron's Cairn on Tullos Hill, near the coast, just south of the River dee estuary.
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Log Text: Actually quite nice.
Liggar's Stane
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 1 Access 5
Liggar's Stane submitted by cosmic on 23rd Oct 2004. What a sad end.
This stone is worthy of mention only because it appears on OS Maps as a Standing Stone. It has been moved and broken with this fragment used as a wall end.
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Log Text: Somewhat disappointed by the size. Uncertain if it's even the correct stone...
Hill of Barra
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2008. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hill of Barra submitted by bobs on 29th Jan 2004. Hill of Barra Iron Age Hillfort in Aberdeenshire, which also has traces of mediaeval ridge and furrow cultivation. Access is by a track off the main Inverurie/Oldmeldrum road. The track is long and uphill all the way. Wear stout trousers if climbing to the top, because there are wicked gorse bushes all round the base, whose thorns find any way they can to scratch your legs. I know this from bitter experience! Seeing the deep ramparts of the fort and the beautiful views of the surrounding cou...
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Log Text: Covers quite a big area. Earthworks are fairly visible.