Meikle Hill

Nearest town:
Buckie (5km NNW)
OS reference:
NJ426604
OS sheet:
28
Latitude:
57° 37' 47.9 N
Longitude:
2° 57' 40.69 W
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Meikle Hill

drewbhoy
drewbhoy May 16, 2012

Sadly only scattered cairn material and one stone of this circle remains and even it is drill damaged. It is housed in a fenced section just north of the steading at Westpark. The other stones were taken away to help build the nearby Mill Of Tynet. Like the King’s cairn there is excellent views south, the views north somewhat hidden by trees and the Meikle Hill.

The easiest way to get here is to go south on the B9016 and take the first minor road east thru the wee village of Clochan, shortly afterwards head south at the next minor road. This road comes to an end but head east on the track stopping at Westpark. Here I was met by the occupant who kindly allowed me park. The remains of the circle are behind the building, a short walk of 200 meters to the fenced section.

Visited 15/5/2012.

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Meikle Hill
Standing Stone / Menhir
stolinskie
stolinskie Jun 7, 2026

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.
journals.socantscot.org/index.php/psas/article/view/7081

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