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Just down the road from the remains of Auldearn Stone Circle, lies a ‘mutilated & overgrown’ cairn some 13 m in diameter. Of the six stones in the adjoining row, only 2 remain upright, but both are over 1m tall.

A runied ring cairn by the roadside. The kerbstones ranged up to 2.9m in height, although most of the cairn material is gone. A single standing stone 4.5 feet tall remains, with possible fallen stones in the vegetation.

In 1972, three stones remained of a possible stone circle. Given the remoteness of this site, I’d say go for the walk, and view any stones as a bonus!

Two stones remain of this circle. One a full 7 feet high, the other now fallen. Visible from the road.

A definite cairn, two standing stones suggest that it may once of been surrounded by a stone circle. The cairn is largely destroyed.

Two stones around 1.7m high are all that remain of this circle to the south of Lhanbryde. The rest were destroyed in 1810 to make a bridge.....

A circle of six stones, around 1m in height. Not marked in the OS it lies approx 200m south of the York tower.

Apparently, this was once thought to be a very ruinous chambered cairn. But this is now disputed.

Is it a cairn?
Or is it a fort?
It’s a cairn.
In a plantation.

Although there is little more than a crop mark to see, this is a very interesting site. Aerial survey in 1976 revealed the presence of the largest Neolithic timber building in Britain, dating from around the 4th millenium BC. Excavation revealed a building used to store grains which had burnt down in prehistory, but the postholes & carbonised grain remained to be found.

A single stone, over a metre high, is set into a dyke and is all that remains of a circle of 19 stones destroyed in the mid 1800’s.

Great birds-eye view of this site.

One of the few henges in the NE of Scotland. As of 1997 the trees were cleared away from this site in a forest to the west of Elgin.

A tiny thumbnail of a decidedly cup maked stone, with a bit of extra dressing on the top.

Photo from a different angle

Some good photos

The remains of an RSC. Two stones are standing, clearance against the nearby wall may contain the remains of other circle stones. Reported to be complete in 1850 and consisting of 9 stones, one over 11 feet tall.

Whilst reputed to have been erected in recognition of the architect of Castle Fraser, John Bell, RCAHMS think that this could be a genuine prehistoric stone. Take away the obviously added stone pyramid on top, and you’re left with a very convincing menhir of the exact same stone as the nearby RSC.

A fallen and moved 9 feet long red granite pillar remains of this circle. RCAHMS has a nice aerial photo from 2004 showing the site, and a circular feature remains.