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Aberlemno
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Aberlemno submitted by rldixon on 15th May 2009. Aberlemno stone taken in Infra red july 2007
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Log Text: Picturesque setting despite being right by the road!
Aikey Brae
Date Added: 20th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Aikey Brae submitted by Klingon on 4th Feb 2005.
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Log Text: Lovely stone circle - very peaceful.
Altlarie
Date Added: 21st Jun 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Moray)
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Altlarie submitted by Megalithicmatt on 21st Jun 2021. Top of the hillock taken in infrared.
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Log Text: This rounded hillock lies within Newtonmore's Highland Folk Museum. The site is free to access. One lower side of the hillock has been truncated by the railway. The top is flattened off with the vague outline of a building on top out of which trees are growing. There are some exposed stones on the east side of the hill but otherwise nothing obvious left to indicate this once had a cairn and standing stones.
Arbor Low 1
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Arbor Low 1 submitted by croppy on 28th Jun 2008. Arbor Low with arial cam
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Log Text: Visited in the middle of a thunderstorm - didn't see much for the rain!
Archaeolink
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2008
Archaeolink submitted by aluta on 3rd Aug 2007. The henge and recumbent stone circle at Archaeolink. Both are reproductions for educational purposes. A turf hut, built to reproduce one found in the archaeological record, can be seen in the distance.
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Log Text: It was always pretty naff, to be honest. And the price! Turned up for the wickerman each Samhain 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.
Ardlair (Pictish Stone)
Date Added: 27th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2007. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Ardlair (Pictish stone) submitted by cosmic on 22nd Oct 2007. Ardlair- Pictish Stone from South
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Log Text: None
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.
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.
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.
Ballymeanoch Stone Row
Date Added: 27th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ballymeanoch Stone Row submitted by jeffrep on 15th Mar 2008. The Four-Stone Row at Ballymeanoch in Kilmartin Glen
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Log Text: Quite striking stones.
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.
Barnhouse Settlement
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Barnhouse Settlement submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Barnhouse Settlement HY306127. Probably in use around the same time of Skara Brae.
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Log Text: Rebuilt and made all spick-and-span...
Barnhouse Stone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3
Barnhouse Stone submitted by howar on 30th Jul 2010. stone with Maes Howe aligned, Setter tumuli on Syra Dale behind Maes Howe continuing line
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Log Text: Looks good from far off, wish I had time to get in close.
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.
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.
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.
Brae of Achnahaird
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Couldn't find on 1st Jan 2005. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Log Text: Couldn't see it but I don't think I was trying all that hard.
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!