
Looking W over the recumbent.
Looking W over the recumbent.
The recumbent stone from outside the circle.
The central cairn.
The three remaining upright stones.
The view (!?) over the recumbent from inside the circle.
Looking E. The E flanker is the standing stone on the left.
The only stone left standing.
The view over the recumbent from inside the circle.
The fallen recumbent and flankers, looking W.
The outlier.
View over the (missing) recumbent.
Stones on the W side of the circle including the outlier in the distance.
The recumbent from within the circle. 4.1m x 2.3m.
The recumbent from the outside. Note the cupmarks.
Looking W. The surviving circle stone and the recumbent.
Looking over the 4.1m fallen recumbent towards Dunnideer.
Nice flanker – the W one is missing.
Looking E over the recumbent.
Looking S across the circle over one of the fallen circle stones.
The recumbent (4m x 2.2m) and E flanker (2.8m).
Looking SE. The fallen recumbent is below the dark green trees.
View over the recumbent from inside the circle with Bennachie and Mither Tap in the background.
Sunset, 19 Oct 2005
Sunset, 19 Oct 2005
The S side of the circle .... and the quarry which nearly destroyed it.
Looking E (approx) over the recumbent and flankers.
Looking SE, recumbent and flankers below the tree.,
Bennachie and Mither Tap – looking NE from the circle.
The 4.3m long broken recumbent and the W flanker from inside the circle.
The recumbent and both flankers from outside the circle.
The recumbent and E flanker from inside the circle.
The recumbent and E flanker from outside the circle.
A circle stone which has been re-used as a gatepost. The edge of the ring cairn can also be seen close to the recumbent and flanker.
NE passage grave
Stones around the NE passage grave.
Central ring cairn
Kerb cairn (with fence removed)
A flattened-out view of the inner kerb of the SW passage grave.
The cup-marked stone from the back of the SW passage grave.
Looking over the central ring cairn to the NE passage grave.
The three cup and ring marked stones (in addition to the many cup-marked stones) at the site.
Top left: NE cairn; Lower left: kerb cairn; Right:SW cairn.
Only a 2m standing stone can now be seen here but a resistivity survey indicated that it was next to a ploughed out cairn about 20m in diameter so it should be included in the Balnuaran of Clava cemetery.
The two NE stones.
The 2.2m SW stone.
The centre of the cairn has beeen much mucked about but still retains some kerbstones.
SW arc of outer kerb with cup-marked stone in foreground.
Cup marked stone.
Looking SE
The kerb is unusually straight at this point which has the passage entrance at the gap between the stones.