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01/03/2014 – Kerb cairn at Forvie. One of my favourite places.

01/03/2014 – Hut circle at Forvie

28/02/2014 – Late sun on the recumbent

05/01/2014 – Cold day on bennachie. The cairn has a pretty fine view of Aberdeenshire.

03/01/2014 – Wild and windy walk to the impressive Slacks cairn, hiding in the trees.

Hidden away on the east side of Bennachie is this magical waterfall. Not many folk visit and it’s not marked on the OS map. Near the bottom of the Rushmill burn, this is a lovely, quiet spot on a special hill.

01/01/2014 – Sunrise on New Year’s Day from the slopes of Bennachie

31/12/2013 – Millstone Hill East cairn

31/12/2013 – I don’t know why I was carrying two headtorches in broad daylight either but they came in handy for my photo :)

29/12/2013 – View SW to Lochnagar. Suggested distant recumbent setting.

29/12/2013 – Northern boulder with possible smaller chocking stones

29/12/2013 Smaller stone 11m NW of the southern boulder.

29/12/2013 View NE across the circle

29/12/2013 View SW across the circle

29/12/2013 – Corrybeg cairn

29/12/2013 – large kerb stones surrounding Corrybeg cairn

29/12/2013 – Remains of possible cist

29/12/2013 – Corrybeg cairn kerb stones

29/12/2013 – Corrybeg cairn, overgrown by heather.

26/12/2013 – oh Morven of snow!

26/12/2013 – It’s probably not mega old and not really a stone circle, just a circle of stones with a good vibe.

25/12/2013 – Christmas day

15/12/2013 – Sunrise at East Aquhorthies

15/12/2013 – Broomend of Crichie

15/12/2013 – Morning sun on recumbent

17/11/2013 – View over Mulloch cairn to Loch Kinord and its crannog and the big hills beyond.

17/11/2013 – Centre of Mulloch Kerbed Cairn

17/11/2013 – Mulloch Kerbed Cairn

17/11/2013 – Hidden in the undergrowth. Mulloch
Kerbed Cairn with visible kerb stones

17/11/2013 – Scar Hill Cairn

17/11/2013 – Blue Cairn

17/11/2013 – Blue Cairn from the slopes of Craig Dhu

17/11/2013 – Balnagowan Wood Cairn

10/11/2013 – We stood in the rain waiting for the sun to shine for ages but it never came. Least we had a nice rainbow over the recumbent.

10/11/2013 – Frendraught stone circle

10/11/2013 – Frendraught’s broken recumbent

10/11/2013 – Hidden stones in the undergrowth

10/11/2013 – Fallen stone on the far side of circle

09/11/2013 – Clachnaben

09/11/2013 – View from Clachnaben’s summit tor to Aberdeenshire’s more famous one.

27/10/2013 – Hill of Barra hillfort

27/10/2013 – Hill of Barra hillfort

26/10/2013 – View over the kerb cairn to Bennachie in the far distance. It might not have the initial wow of a stone circle etc but I love this place. A must visit for the vibe and its place in the landscape.

06/10/2013 – Dunnideer stone circle

06/05/2013 – view to Tap o’ Noth hillfort

06/10/2013 – view to Mither Tap hillfort

05/10/2013 – Mither Tap

04/08/2013 – Tyrebagger

04/08/2013 – Tyrebagger

14/07/2013 – Morven