Balbirnie Stone Circle View all content for Balbirnie

I got to this site via Balbirnie Park. I drove up to the Golf Club and parked just beside the first tee. The walk to the circle is a lovely 10 minute traipse along the beck side path which was covered in snowdrops. I had mixed feelings about visiting this site, especially after reading the posts here. I needn't have worried, this is a beautiful site and so what if it has been moved, it's been moved with love and respect and the reconstruction is beautiful. I like the urban setting and the fact there are houses a few feet from the site. It's nice to see people co-existing with a sacred space. I would love something like this on my doorstep. This circle has everything, lovely stones, cists, rectangular cairn-like thang, and rock art (o.k. its a replica). But surely to have a monument like this out in the open air is far better than in some museum.

Posted by fitzcoraldo 15th February 2003ce

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