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And in 2008 the stones of this circle, often called Auchlee, are still hard to find as they are well hidden amongst ferns and bushes after an often boggy mess has been navigated. I walked up from Old Bourtreebush and Auchquhorties and on my way met the present occupier at Auchlee Farm and asked for permission to walk on his land. As well as granting permission he said that a nearby standing stone, probably a cow back scratcher, had been pulled down and left near the road side. He'd also in previous years given stones to the restoration of a nearby stone circle. The wall surrounding Craighead Badentoy is made from cairn like material. Finally the directions to the ring cairn/RSC wre given. It's in a terrible state. The other contributors to this section are spot on! What's left of the inner ring cairn is still there as well as the fallen outer stone circle. Sad just very sad! Visited August 08. |
Posted by drewbhoy18th May 2009ce |
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"The stones of this circle ... are so inconspicuous that most persons would walk past them unheeding." So said Fred Coles in 1900 so it's hardly surprising that we have difficulty recognising it today! I don't think I was any more successful than Merrick or Moth. I've posted a couple of pics of what there was to see. They seem to match Merrick's description and presumably what Moth saw but it is difficult to make much sense of what's there. From Coles' 1900 description (if you ignore his dimensions which he seems to have a problem with), this could well be an RSC. He describes three almost concentric circles which are probably the inner and outer faces of the ring cairn and the outer circle of stones. It seems to bear a strong resemblance to nearby Auchquhorthies. Not a mystery, just a mess. Visited 14 March 2005 |
Posted by greywether30th March 2005ce |
| Yup, I've spent an hour or 2 looking for this on more than one occasion, with similarly little success. I'd love to know if there's owt there and, if not, what WAS there.... |
Posted by Moth27th January 2003ce Edited 22nd August 2005ce |
| On the slope of the Hill of Auchlee (topped with a thing called Boswell's Monument) there's dense, thick, sharp gorse a metre and a half high. If there are any standing stones still upright then they're in the gorse and not tall enough to stick up above it. We found a slab over two metres long, possibly a recumbent (or sizeable fragment of it) judging by its shape, and another two stander-sized stones a few metres to the north, one of which was broken into three bits. The dots on the OS map mark four blobs and call it a 'Stone Circle' (not a 'rems of'), which is no guarantee of anything, but does suggest the possibility of there being things hidden in the gorse bushes. It's certainly possible; if, say, the Craigievar circle were here we'd not see a thing. |
Posted by Merrick 7th August 2000ce |
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