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I saw this yesterday from Cairnpapple itself and, I have to admit, started frantically searching through Aubrey Burl and stuff trying to find it...However when I did get there the rather silly 'micro-dolmen' at the centre rather gave it away.
In some ways though I'm all for these modern circles, I mean why not? In Brittany the tradition for stone raising is still very much alive (albeit generally for landscape garndening purposes) and to be honest no ones gonna be fooled by these things.
Has anyone read Stone Circles: A Modern Builder's Guide to the Megalithic Revival
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1890132039/qid=1069666265/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_3_7/202-3950847-0358201 by a bloke called Rob Roy (not the Rob Roy....). Apart from having rather a lot of New-Age bollocks at the begining it's pretty good when he gets into the experimental archaeology stuff at the end.
Anyway next week I'm gonna try and get up early enough to drive to Aberdeen (remembered to late about how short the days are up here...).

there's a standing stone just gone up at a new house in Murthly, 4 miles up the road from me in deepest darkest Perthshire. presumably for landscape gardening purposes, unless the builder's associated with a particular estate agent up here! - http://www.paganosborne.com/

cheers
Andy

Hi Mark

Interesting about the 'micro-dolmen' - I didn't actually go up to the circle as I was sure it was modern, I was losing the light & hadn't yet been to Cairnpapple.

As I always seem to be saying on here, Aberdeenshire's an absolute treat if you've not been around up there before!!!

love

Moth