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Tulach BeagBroch
Tulach Buaile a'ChroicBroch
Tulach Lochain BhraseilBroch
Tulach MorBroch
TumulibosBarrow / Cairn Cemetery
Upper BalfourCairn(s)
Upper LatheronBroch
Upper ShampherKerbed Cairn
Wag of ForseStone Fort / Dun
Watenan SouthBroch
West Mains of EthiePromontory Fort
WesterheideBarrow / Cairn Cemetery
Westerheide 1Round Cairn
Westerheide 10Round Cairn
Westerheide 11Round Cairn
Westerheide 12Round Cairn
Westerheide 13Round Cairn
Westerheide 2-5Round Barrow(s)
Westerheide 6Round Cairn
Westerheide 7Round Cairn
Westerheide 8 and 9Round Cairn
WhitegateBroch
Zeven BergjesBarrow / Cairn Cemetery
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A keen hillwalker most of my life, my interest was restricted when the need arose to care for an ageing parent.

With limited opportunities to travel far from home, I 'discovered' the world of stone circles, mainly in my native Aberdeenshire.

This provided the ideal opportunity for short walks of just a few hours duration, and resulted in me visiting many places of interest that I had never considered previously.

Website:
Stone Circles of NE Scotland
Here you will find both Google and Bing maps displaying more than 100 sites of stone circles, the majority in my native Aberdeenshire. The markers on the maps are clickable, to reveal a photo of the stone circle and a link to their Canmore Site Record.

A menu at the side of the maps allows you to zoom in to any individual circle, viewing its environs as a zoomable aerial photograph (Google) or an OS Map (Bing).

Hunebedden
I've since extended my interest to the megalithic remains in The Netherlands, where there are some magnificent passage graves known as hunebedden (giant's beds). Despite the fact that The Netherlands is essentially flat and sandy, these 5000 year old monuments from the Funnel Beaker Culture are often found in exquisite woodland settings, nearly all of them in the province of Drenthe. There are almost limitless opportunities for delightful walks between small villages, taking in a diversion to a hunebed here and there.

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