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03/02/2013 - I don't know what it is about stone circles in woods but I love them. I guess that most were not originally in amongst trees but I think a nice clearing in a wood sure adds an enchanted feeling. Glassel stone circle is a special place. Five, small, upright stones, looking for all the world like they are deep in conversation and after a few thousand years they still haven't run out of things to say. There's a nice photo on Canmore of the circle with the fallen stone re-erected from 1903, link below http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/details/681377/#tb-form |
Posted by thelonious3rd February 2013ce Edited 3rd February 2013ce |
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Visited back in May, this little beauty must be one of the easiest, yet hardest circles to see at the current time. Easiest..... since it's just a short walk down a forestry track and through the trees to your left (where the dilapidated field wall begins to border the track). Hardest... since I had to clamber over umpteen fallen, soaking wet trees in the process and nearly lost an eye and broke a shin or two along the way. Must have took a fair ten minutes. Needless to say it's worth it! |
Posted by GLADMAN13th July 2009ce |
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Quite straight forward to find, especially if you have an OS map (a neccessity in this part of the world, as there's so many sites to find. Can someone buy me a whole set pretty please?) The forest track you need is directly opposite the entrance to Glassel House. Big gates, very much of the 'get orf my land' type I chickened out and parked 100m up the road by the log piles (Sunday, no trucks about). If you look on the OS map, you will see the circle clearly marked parallel to the track, and there is a contour line that passes through the track to the circle. Simply walk down the track until it starts to dip down, turn left through the trees for 100m and you're there. The site sits on the edge of a steep slope, so once you hit that, you know you're near. I've also added a photo showing an old field wall & gate on the forestry track. Stop about 10 m short of them and you can turn left here and walk through. The site? Nice, very compact and very different. A peaceful setting and a pleasant feel make this an essential site. As Greywether says, don't classify it, just enjoy it. |
Posted by Chris17th September 2006ce |
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Gah! We followed greywether's directions precisely, but after stomping around in the forest for quite some time and losing gallons of sweat we failed to find it. Grrrrr! Very much more specific directions please! This post appears as part of the weblog entry Hot stuff in Aberdeenshire: stone-baked
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Posted by Jane30th July 2006ce |
| This is a delight. I didn't read Greywether's account , wish I had. Got hopelessly lost, found an old railway track scaled the embankment with the help of saplings and was rewarded with this. |
Posted by hamish11th October 2005ce Edited 11th October 2005ce |
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This "four-poster" has five stones - eight if you count the low-lying ones. So you might be confused; I know I was. Burl describes it as a four-poster with an outlier. OK, but it's a very close outlier - an "inlier" maybe? And the other three stones? One may be a capstone from a cist apparently. The other two don't get a mention. Let's try another source to see if they can clear it up. What about the Aberdeen Council Archaeology website? "Five stone oval circle" (good) "transitional between recumbent stone circles and four-posters" (pardon?). Oh I give up! It's a lovely site in a lovely setting. Let's just take some pictures. Easier to get to than Burl suggests. Park at the gates of Glassel House on minor road S of Milton of Campfield. Walk along forest track opposite. After about 150m, look for path to left. This leads to the circle. Visited 28 March 2004 |
Posted by greywether30th March 2004ce |
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Extreme Stonefeelers' World of Hard Rock & Standing StonesPics of Glassel stone circle. |
Posted by new abbey11th April 2010ce Edited 11th April 2010ce |
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