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Maes Howe
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Maes Howe submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Under cloud cover.
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Log Text: Second visit - better tour guide this time!
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!
Marischal Museum
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2008
Marischal Museum submitted by cosmic on 28th Aug 2005. The impressive frontage of Marischal College - one of longest granite facades in the world.
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Log Text: I miss it!
Memsie Burial Cairn
Date Added: 20th Apr 2013
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Memsie Burial Cairn submitted by bobs on 25th Jan 2004. A fine Bronze Age burial cairn. The only survivor of three which originally stood here.
Grid Ref: NJ976620
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Log Text: Gigantic.
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.
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.
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.
Mummer's Reive
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jan 2008. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 3
Mummer's Reive submitted by cosmic on 4th Aug 2008. View from South
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Log Text: One of those I never quite got round to visiting. Could see it from the road.
Na Clachan Bhreige
Date Added: 27th Oct 2017
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 27th Oct 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Na Clachan Bhreige submitted by hamilton on 26th May 2012. Na Clachan Bhreige Stone Circle, showing the three remaining upright stones.
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Log Text: None
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.
New Craig
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
New Craig submitted by megalithicmatt on 3rd Jan 2012. Recumbent and flankers built into the drystane dyke.
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Log Text: A Spectacular wreck. Another stone stands in the woods behind and there are cup-marked rocks in the fields nearby.
Nine Ladies
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Nine Ladies submitted by PaulM on 1st Sep 2001. Nine Ladies Stone Circle (aka Stanton Moor 2), Derbyshire GR: SK249635
Nine Ladies is a typical Derbyshire circle consisting of nine visible small standing stones embedded in a grassed over stone rubble bank approximately 11.5m by 10.5m in diameter. The site is the most popular in Derbyshire and much in the media spotlight due to quarrying plans in the area.
The stones are all composed of local millstone grit and none are taller than one metre in height. The bank has now all but disappea...
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Log Text: Vague memories of rumbling around here.
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.
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!
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.
Old Rayne
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Old Rayne submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. The recumbent is the central stone in the photo. Bennachie stands in the background.
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Log Text: In a sorry state. Someone tried to smash up the recumbent too.
Picardy Stone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Picardy Stone submitted by jeffrep on 20th Feb 2008. The Picardy Stone In Its Enclosure, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Log Text: Good stone, pity about the metal railing surround.
Raedykes Roman Camp
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Couldn't find on 27th Mar 2011. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Raedykes Roman Camp submitted by C_Michael_Hogan on 3rd Oct 2007. Raedykes Roman Camp: ramparts and defensive ditch along the eastern perimeter. The view is looking northward with Curlethney Hill in the background.
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Log Text: Note: don't rely on friend's innaccurate iphone GPS. Bring a real map instead.
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.