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Don’t know why it’s called the Sack stone , there’s another in Lincolnshire , the top of which is said to resemble an opened sack . If you take the South road to Little Glenshee you get to drive through the ford ,or walk across the bridge. Just round the sharp bend after the ford there is room for a couple of cars to park. Take the track heading North follow it until it forks , just after a mile , the leave it going due east . The stone is unmissable at 3M x 2M . what is odd though is that there is a bit of a view to the South but all other directions are quite limited being in a wee corrie.

Some new finds from yesterday , they are a mile and a half west of the RCAHMS stones named Urlar Burn ,as they are in the area of the burn I have left the name , a more appropriate name might be Craig Hill. The Bolfracks stone is on the Northern slopes of that hill.

Standing in the middle of a deserted farmstead there is a another possible standing stone to the South incorporated in a doorway , it’s visible to the right of the stone in one of the pics.

There are over a hundred cup marks on this outcrop , easily accessed from a layby on the A 827, then a short walk down a private tarred drive leads to the obvious outcrop to the West.

East Lix is a wee bit difficult to access due to the thick forestry but if your gps won’t work in the trees , find your westing then barge northwards there is a narrow break going E-W , follow it until it heads N. about 20 M . , a further 20 m and the the stone is in a very small clearing to the W.

Burl describes the site as astonishing , you have to agree . 9 stone circles all abutting each other makes for an odd site , without a helicopter very difficult to photograph . Grid Ref is H 711 745 . 2 miles N.E. of Pomeroy , Co. Tyrone .

Came across this stone whilst on walk over the Cheviot and Hedgehope Hill, it’s actually a couple of miles North of the circle at 98199 22452. Looks like a contender to me and is not part of a dyke etc.

Discovered last year, not listed on CANMORE. There are other cup marked rocks in the area but not as decorative as this.

pic quality is a bit duff but it could show a possible alignment with sunset a couple of days before winter solstice .