Hats off to anyone (including Roy Harper) who walked past this one and recognised it as the remnants of a RSC.
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A much more substantial cairn than I was expecting and a welcome stopping point on the way to Pressendye
All ready and waiting, however, no walkers today, not a soul all the way up and down.
Welcome resting place for the walkers with Pressendye in the background and the next stop.
The view as I set off from the camp site at Tarland, Pittendrich on the right and Pressendye on the left, at least I know where I’m going on this occassion
If walking uo from Tarland you have the option of following the path through this eerie Game of Thronesesque pathway between two rows of Beech trees
As with most hill top sites it is difficult to tell where the original cairn stops and walkers cairn starts.
104m x 8.5m this barrow just stretches out into the distance, cheap camera does not do justice to this majestic place
It is uncertain just when these 4 huge end stones were added, regardless, they make an impressive sight.
Looking down the 80 x 7m site, translated as Visbeker Bride and linked to many folk tales
A number of these sites are strikingly similar to the Hunebedden across the border
Interesting little site set back just of a forest track, looks like a turtle scurrying to the sea
Carefully restored site gives a flavour of how this passage grave must have looked, difficult to capture in one photo
This magnificent tomb suddenly comes into view as you enter the small wooded enclosure and simply blows you away. It is unusual in the sense that it has 3 separate burial chambers. Site is generally well cared for although not as pristine as when I visited a few years ago
Along with its sister site Kleinenknetener 1 this wooded area is a feast for any antiquarian
Immediately alongside Kellersteine 1, the broken capstone makes for an interesting site
Just off the forest track, very quiet, well cared for with visitor boards and seating
Had to carefully pick my way through a field of potatoes to access the woods, found an easier way back out directly through the woods
Another tricky site to find with no obvious way to get to it. Fortunately a green sign nailed to a tree in the corner of a field gives it away
Close to a field and only 100yds or so from a forest track this site sadly is not obvious nor signposted and receives no visitors. Lovely restful place
A very impressive site, once again preserved alongside a minor road junction. The area is ‘littered’ with large stones, boulders and rock outcrops and this huge menhir stands proud among them. Claimed by the church and still subject to couples wishing to wed or have children who throw stones onto the ledges on both sides of the stone
