A link to Walkingworld, where details of the path can be found.
Chris
When RCAHMS visited in 1996 all they found was:
“the massive recumbent boulder and its flanking stones, both of which have fallen. The recumbent, which lay on the SW of the circle, is irregularly-shaped and measures 2.9m in length from ESE to WNW by about 1.1m in thickness and 1.7m in height. The E flanker has fallen to the NE and measures 2.6m in length by 1.7m in breadth and at least 0.7m in thickness. The W flanker has fallen to the WNW and measures 2.9m in length by 1.4m in breadth and at least 0.7m in thickness. A heap of field-cleared stones has been placed behind the recumbent and the remainder of the area of the circle has been cultivated.”
Judging by Moths photos it reads better than it lives.
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Two stones lay on an aritifical mound at this site. Coles described them as the reamins of a stone circle, but they have been further disturbed since then.
A recumbent stone, some 5 feet long (with a furter foot broken off) and 6 feet tall, together with a possible cairn are all that remain of this abused and robbed circle.
A small stone circle of 7 megaliths stands on the slope of Knock Hill. Four are fallen, but remain in place, the tallest stone is 1m tall.
Aerial photography has revealed the presence of a possible unrecorded RSC. Further investigation needed.
Aerial photography has revealed the presence of a probable henge in crop marks.
The remains of a battered RSC. Recumbent & flankers are still present, although fallen.
Ten stones remain, only 3 standing. Circumference of 44feet, the stones are between 4 & 6 feet tall.
A cairn some 19m in diameter, and now topped with an OS Trig point.
Another cairn on Tullos Hill, damaged during the war, but still visible. A small urn was discovered in the cist.
A cairn some 21m in diameter and 2.5 m high. Situated on Tullos Hill along with 3 other scheduled cairns and many smaller tumuli.
This gives a more accurate location for the circle. Note the extra tracks marked compared to the OS.
Remains of a ‘stone circle’, thought to be more likely a Clava Cairn.
Just down the road from the remains of Auldearn Stone Circle, lies a ‘mutilated & overgrown’ cairn some 13 m in diameter. Of the six stones in the adjoining row, only 2 remain upright, but both are over 1m tall.
A runied ring cairn by the roadside. The kerbstones ranged up to 2.9m in height, although most of the cairn material is gone. A single standing stone 4.5 feet tall remains, with possible fallen stones in the vegetation.
In 1972, three stones remained of a possible stone circle. Given the remoteness of this site, I’d say go for the walk, and view any stones as a bonus!
Two stones remain of this circle. One a full 7 feet high, the other now fallen. Visible from the road.
Two stones around 1.7m high are all that remain of this circle to the south of Lhanbryde. The rest were destroyed in 1810 to make a bridge.....
A circle of six stones, around 1m in height. Not marked in the OS it lies approx 200m south of the York tower.
Although there is little more than a crop mark to see, this is a very interesting site. Aerial survey in 1976 revealed the presence of the largest Neolithic timber building in Britain, dating from around the 4th millenium BC. Excavation revealed a building used to store grains which had burnt down in prehistory, but the postholes & carbonised grain remained to be found.
A single stone, over a metre high, is set into a dyke and is all that remains of a circle of 19 stones destroyed in the mid 1800’s.
Great birds-eye view of this site.
One of the few henges in the NE of Scotland. As of 1997 the trees were cleared away from this site in a forest to the west of Elgin.
The remains of an RSC. Two stones are standing, clearance against the nearby wall may contain the remains of other circle stones. Reported to be complete in 1850 and consisting of 9 stones, one over 11 feet tall.
Whilst reputed to have been erected in recognition of the architect of Castle Fraser, John Bell, RCAHMS think that this could be a genuine prehistoric stone. Take away the obviously added stone pyramid on top, and you’re left with a very convincing menhir of the exact same stone as the nearby RSC.
A fallen and moved 9 feet long red granite pillar remains of this circle. RCAHMS has a nice aerial photo from 2004 showing the site, and a circular feature remains.
A single stone, heavily cup marked and also cross incised. Rumoured to have come from the now destroyed Sunkenkirk circle (also known as Holywell).
Not visited since 1967, and even then there were only two fallen stones (flankers?) to be seen. Missing from the OS map, I’ve a feeling that a visit may require changing this site to ‘destroyed’.
A single stone, thought to be the last remnant of a possible 4 poster circle.
Surveyed in 1771 as a 6 stone circle, only 1 was left when surveyed in 1964. Sadly, this has now fallen & been broken into 3 pieces. Notable for the 22 cup-marks recorded on it.
This site consists of the two remaining stones of a 5 stone circle, together with a relocated Pictish stone. Destroyed in antiquity, and further ‘enhanced’ by being surrounded by a housing state and partially restored, this site can be found by following the signs to the ‘Brandsbutt Stone’.
Visible from the A96, a solitary standing stone in an embanked circle is all that remains. It is thought that this may be part of the Broomend of Crichie complex.
Remains of a stone circle near Kintore. Only one stone is earthfast, some possible fallen stones may be seen.
Around 1868, a cist containing human remains was found on the slope of Cairnlea. No further notes are recorded.
No trace of this cairn remains.
When last surveyed in 1973, all that remained was the recumbent, partly covered by the stones of the circle/field clearance piled on top. One of these stones is cup marked.
The small recumbent and single flanker are all that remain of this ruinous circle.
A single standing stone 4 feet high, it is not known whether this was ever part of a circle.
This site is now completely destroyed. Standing between Old Keig and Druidsfield circles, this site was reported to have a small causeway leading to it. All is now lost.
Only the recumbent remains (barely) upright, but most of the circle stones can be seen on the ground.
Coles thought this to be the recumbent of an otherwise destroyed stone circle. When last visited in 1965, a stone wedge under the boulder would seem to support this (arf).
This is now thought ot have been a hut circle. No trace remains.
Now thought to have been the remains of a hut circle or souterrain, no trace remains.
The recumbent and flanker remain. Both over 2m high.
A huge stone, 8 feet high and 9 feet long is thought to be the last remnant of a long destroyed circle. It is thought that this site was one of a series encircling the Hill of Drachlaw.
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