Meiklehill Wood, near Newton, Letterfourie.—“remains of Stone Circle” is the description on the O.M. at this site. Only one Stone remains.
It is close to a sharp angle of the wood, at its extreme south end and on its west side, and distant from Core Stanes 1 mile in the direction of W.S.W. The height above sea-level is 500 feet.
The Stone (fig. 23) is an inconspicuous, low, and broad block of light grey quartziferous sandstone, pentagonal in contour, the sides measuring (south) 2 feet 10 inches, (north-west) 2 feet 6 inches, (north) 2 feet 1 inch, (north-east) 2 feet 5 inches, and (south-east) 1 foot 8 inches, thus giving a girth of 11 feet 6 inches. Above the ground, its height is only 1 foot 7 inches, and its -longest diameter across the top 3 feet. The view of this Stone is from the south-east. No one in the vicinity was within reach to give any information concerning the removal of the other Stones; but the presence of a drill-hole, made by a mason’s “juniper,” to a depth of several inches near the centre of the Stone, is highly suggestive of the fate which befell them.
REPORT ON STONE CIRCLES SURVEYED IN THE NORTH-EAST OF SCOT-
LAND, CHIEFLY IN BANFFSHIRE, WITH MEASURED PLANS AND
DRAWINGS; OBTAINED UNDER THE GUNNING FELLOWSHIP.
BY FRED. R. COLES, ASSISTANT KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM.
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