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Aerial picture of the site, giving a good understanding of its plan

Photo by Steve Partridge on Geograph

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Excavation Report

Volume 3 (1852) of the Norfolk Archaeological society journal.

Page one of this book is a letter about the discovery of the grave and its jewellery. On the previous page is a drawing very reminiscent of the Bush Barrow finds?

As the 720 pixel resolution does the view from chatton no justice here’s the view writ large.

Details and photo of the incised stone.

Here’s the RCAHMS entry for the stone, Fitz. It’s not much more detailed than your own observations, but it does say that a chap called Wyness took a photo of it in the 1960s at c.NJ938060, where it was before being ‘built into the niche at the rear of Messrs. Watt and Grant’s building’ where you saw it. That can’t be far away though, because the street would hardly be called ‘Langstane Place’ otherwise? He thinks it was part of a stone circle, but RCAHMS are hedging their bets. It is apparently marked on a plan of Aberdeen by Paterson from 1746.

(F Wyness, ‘City by the grey North Sea: Aberdeen’, p280 and 292 – 1965).

Photograph from,

The Mystery of Scotland’s Earliest Sculptures

Ronald W B Morris 1975

Photograph from,

The Mystery of Scotland’s Earliest Sculptures

Ronald W B Morris 1975

Photograph from,

The Mystery of Scotland’s Earliest Sculptures

Ronald W B Morris 1975

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The Rock Art Component

“The Crick barrow is also a rare example of monument that may support the link between cup-marked stones and solar observation. Such a relationship has been suspected at prehistoric sites in Scotland and Ireland, but they are insufficient in number to reach any positive conclusion on this point. Cup-marked stones are uncommon in Wales and few round barrows have been excavated in Gwent county, so there are currently no similar sites available for comparison. Similar sites might be revealed during the course of future excavations, but in their absence it appears that, hidden beneath the mound at Crick, we find further evidence that significant seasonal days were recognised and revered during the British Bronze Age some 3,500 years ago.”

Some sparse details, but with a nice close up pic, and some references.