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Johnston, The Ringing Stone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Johnston, The Ringing Stone submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. The stone from the west. Walked in through Johnston farm.
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Log Text: Didn't ring, but I didn't want to hit it too hard either....
Loanend
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Loanend submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. Taken from the west. The recumbent is gigantic!
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Log Text: Often referred to as the 'Hawk Hill' circle. Must be wearily approached across fields of trippable neeps and curious coos.
The Gowk Stane
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
The Gowk Stane submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Looking east from the stone.
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Log Text: View would once have been good but nearby developments have rendered it a bit dull.
Braehead Circle
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Couldn't find on 29th Mar 2008. My rating: Access 3
Braehead Farm submitted by cosmic on 13th Nov 2005. The entrance?
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Log Text: Stopped to soon at a clearnce cairn, didn't know about the recumbent over the hill!
Craw Stane
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Craw Stane submitted by rldixon on 14th May 2009. Craw Stone (Stane) taken july 2006
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Log Text: Participated in the initial two week excavation (July 2005) with Gordon Noble.
Barmekin of Echt
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2008. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Barmekin of Echt submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. Stunning views from inside the fort.
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Log Text: A kind of cross between the hillforts of Barra and Newleslie but with the best view.
Druidstone (Brackla)
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Druidstone (Brackla) submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. The most prominent stone. An oval-ish rubbly kerb ravaged by rabbit holes marks the perimeter of this site.
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Log Text: Kind of hard to get a measure on this site as lots of clearance rubble is mixed in with it.
New Craig
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
New Craig submitted by megalithicmatt on 3rd Jan 2012. Recumbent and flankers built into the drystane dyke.
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Log Text: A Spectacular wreck. Another stone stands in the woods behind and there are cup-marked rocks in the fields nearby.
Liggar's Stane
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 1 Access 5
Liggar's Stane submitted by cosmic on 23rd Oct 2004. What a sad end.
This stone is worthy of mention only because it appears on OS Maps as a Standing Stone. It has been moved and broken with this fragment used as a wall end.
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Log Text: Somewhat disappointed by the size. Uncertain if it's even the correct stone...
Broch of Breckness
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2008. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 3
Broch of Breckness submitted by howar on 29th May 2004. slab-sided drain, L-R 7th closeup.HY225093
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Log Text: Couldn't see anything...
Dwarfie Stane
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jul 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Dwarfie Stane submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. White cotton-like plants outside the front of the tomb.
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Log Text: Wow! There's enough room inside to lie down.
Hill of Barra
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2008. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hill of Barra submitted by bobs on 29th Jan 2004. Hill of Barra Iron Age Hillfort in Aberdeenshire, which also has traces of mediaeval ridge and furrow cultivation. Access is by a track off the main Inverurie/Oldmeldrum road. The track is long and uphill all the way. Wear stout trousers if climbing to the top, because there are wicked gorse bushes all round the base, whose thorns find any way they can to scratch your legs. I know this from bitter experience! Seeing the deep ramparts of the fort and the beautiful views of the surrounding cou...
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Log Text: Covers quite a big area. Earthworks are fairly visible.
Stonehead
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2008. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stonehead submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Stonehead with Dunnideer to the left and Hill of Christ's Kirk to the right.
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Log Text: Big.
South Lediken
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
South Lediken submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. South Lediken cairn from the south west.
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Log Text: Lovely atmosphere.
Inschfield
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2008
Inschfield submitted by megalithicmatt on 3rd Jan 2012. Looking east with the flanker stone on the left.
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Log Text: Visited many times - excellent views of Bennachie.
Hill of Christ's Kirk
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Dec 2008. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hill of Christ's Kirk submitted by cosmic on 29th Apr 2006. Christ's Kirk from Wantonwells
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Log Text: Despite repeated visits I've never seen any earthworks on this hill.
Westerton of Petmathen
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Dec 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Westerton of Petmathen submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. Looking northeast with the hill of Parnassus on the right hand side.
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Log Text: Hidden from the road by the odd shapes of the hillside. Pretty massive when seen up-close.
Hatton Of Ardoyne
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2008. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Hatton Of Ardoyne submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. Half of the circle. A fence separates the other side.
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Log Text: Good on a misty day.
Wantonwells
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2009. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Wantonwells submitted by cosmic on 30th Apr 2006. Wantonwells with Dunnideer behind. In his book "The Modern Antiquarian" Julian Cope argues for Dunnideer as the focal point for local stone circles.
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Log Text: Visited many times. Impressive views of Dunnydeer and Bennachie.
Cairn o'Mount
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cairn o'Mount submitted by SandyG on 27th Dec 2014. A small upright stone a short distance south east of the cairn might indicate the survival of other remains in the vicinity. View from south (8th August 2014).
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Log Text: Vistatastic.