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Doune of Dalmore (Clava Cairn)

Burl describes this as a wrecked Clava Cairn. Three stones remain standing, ranging from 4.5 to 8 feet tall.

Loanhead of Daviot (Stone Circle)

The third circle in this group (along with New Craig )was rumoured to have stood near Daviot Church. According to Burl it was demolished in the 1800's to make way for a house......

Cnoc Cailliche (Standing Stone / Menhir)

I believe the grid reference of this site is incorrect: I think it is the standing stone marked at NJ479 266 as the description of the site does match that of RCAHMS.

The Candy Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir)

A single stone some 5 feet high stands in the garden of a house named 'Jeldah'. May be the remains of a circle.
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Via Romford, Northants and now living in Aberdeenshire, Mr Copes big blue & orange book must accept a measure of blame for where I now live. And its great!

Aberdeenshire is absolutely fantastic, and to live in a place with dozens of the finest stone circles in the world is unbelievably lucky. I intend to make the most of it! I'd like to get the Aberdeenshire pages up to date as is humanly possible, but its a big task. I also maintain my own meagre website on stones:

http://bigstones.org.uk/

Along with blogs:

http://thermalblog.co.uk

http://autofocused.co.uk

I intended to do this 5 years ago, but then TMA arrived and I didn't bother. That would probably have been the right choice! ;-)

My TMA Content: