An abandoned gatepost with visible hinge at around NJ 93628 54597. Nice tall stone, I wonder if it had a megalithic usage. I think it’s the same one Thelonious wondered about back in 2012.
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1901 sketch, taken from journals.socantscot.org/index.php/psas/article/view/6806/6775
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great face in the stone today – nose on left, with a dark eye!
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Not sure what I did to get this photo with my phone, but the small white speck in the centre is the whitestone!! Which does show how it stands out in the field.
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Banffshire Advertiser – Thursday 03 November 1887
DRUID CIRCLES.—On the Hill of Durn there are two Druidical circles in a very good state of preservation. Those who have never seen this ancient place of law and worship might do worse than spend a holiday in the vicinity of the old and secluded village of Fordyce, where many a good scholar has had the rudiments of his future usefulness instilled into him. Taking our course by the road leading out at the eastern end of the village and keeping to the right and leaving the road at the stance of Hallow Fair, we find a water track road which leads over the south shoulder of Durn to the farm of Hillside. On the opposite side of the hill, about 300 yards due north, we come upon one of the circles; and by going 500 yards to the east we come upon the second. The circles are on the bare moor, which is of a very sterile character. Nothing in the shape of vegetation is to be seen except heather. A splendid view is to be got from the circles, and one could not help thinking that it would have been exceedingly difficult for a party to have surprised the worshippers without ample notice being given of their approach.
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Looking down the hill with Leitchestown Farm behind me
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From a viewpoint similar to the 2015 pic, in 2026
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Another smaller stone, foot for scale
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Looks like a piece of granite used in construction to me – 2025
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Taken from REPORT ON STONE CIRCLES SURVEYED IN THE NORTH-EAST OF SCOTLAND, CHIEFLY IN BANFFSHIRE, WITH MEASURED PLANS AND
DRAWINGS; OBTAINED UNDER THE GUNNING FELLOWSHIP.
BY FRED. R. COLES, ASSISTANT KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM.
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Dr John Wells uploaded a kite aerial photo from the archives of the West Lothian Archaeological Trust (first published on our website: web.archive.org/web/20160306103724/armadale.org.uk/cairnpapple.htm) to commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kite_Aerial_Photo_of_Cairnpapple_Hill,_Cairn_and_Henge,_Scotland.jpg under the license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
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Dr John Wells uploaded a work by Jim Knowles from the archive of the West Lothian Archaeological Trust with the authors permission – commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cairn_and_Henge_on_Cairnpapple_Hill_in_West_Lothian,_Scotland.jpg – licensed by creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
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Taken from commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scalpsie_Cairn_on_the_Isle_of_Bute_in_Scotland.jpg where it is licensed creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
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What a great site! Someone has driven into the big sign which adds a welcome air of comedy.
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In the field containing the RSC, about halfway between the fence and the circle is a stone poking out of the ground which certainly could be another outlier (part of an avenue?). The two standing outliers are directly behind me..
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Another possible outlier stone lying at the edge of the trees near to the two ones still standing
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Such a wonderful site, apologies for the finger top right. I hadn’t noticed the potential to hold water on the top surface of the recumbent before (or I had and then forgotten). A nice feature, kinda looks like a pair of eyes.
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Recumbent, looking towards Bennachie, October 2025
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Sketch map of the barony of Carnousie
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Visited in 2012, when I cycled round the island in a week!
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Thanks to Drewbhoy for reminding me that I visited here in 2022 or 2023. Loved the place! I was just driving past and it grabbed me. I took this pic as a self portrait and used it on my online dating profile, which resulted in ZERO dates :)
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i like how the (probably displaced) recumbent aligns with the hill
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A tunnel dug by animals through the stones of the cairn
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