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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.
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.
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.
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.
Auld Kirk O Tough
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Auld Kirk O Tough submitted by megalithicmatt on 2nd Nov 2011. Photo looking south-ish. One of only two stones standing. A drystane dyke lines up with this stone but whether or not it stands in its original position is unclear as the site is badly damaged.
A bank curves round behind the stones to the north and a vague hump, possibly the remains of a cairn, lies in the centre.
The drystane dyke further down the field towards Denwell farmyard has several large and long stones built into the base.
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Log Text: Longish walk uphill needed to get there from the Corrennie Wood minor road. The site is very small and damaged from earthworks and a drystane dyke. Met an old farmer there who reminisced about long winters 70 years ago.
Binghill
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Binghill submitted by megalithicmatt on 2nd Nov 2011. Looking SSE at the recumbent stone.
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Log Text: Used to live a few minutes from this site. Recumbent is short and squat; other stones are stumpy and some are hidden in bushes. Lots of deer live in the woods.
Esslie The Lesser
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Esslie The Lesser submitted by megalithicmatt on 2nd Nov 2011. Eslie The Lesser. Currently overgrown and difficult to define.
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Log Text: Covered in field clearance and gorse - hard to make out.
North Strone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
North Strone submitted by megalithicmatt on 6th Nov 2011. A large circle of small stones (pink and grey granites). Very peaceful with a great view of Bennachie and Mither Tap.
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Log Text: A complete circle, how rare! The stones are extremely small and the hilltop is extremely windy.
Castlerigg
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Castlerigg submitted by rldixon on 7th Jan 2009. castlerigg taken about 11am dec 2008
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Log Text: Great site!
Nine Ladies
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Nine Ladies submitted by PaulM on 1st Sep 2001. Nine Ladies Stone Circle (aka Stanton Moor 2), Derbyshire GR: SK249635
Nine Ladies is a typical Derbyshire circle consisting of nine visible small standing stones embedded in a grassed over stone rubble bank approximately 11.5m by 10.5m in diameter. The site is the most popular in Derbyshire and much in the media spotlight due to quarrying plans in the area.
The stones are all composed of local millstone grit and none are taller than one metre in height. The bank has now all but disappea...
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Log Text: Vague memories of rumbling around here.
Buttony 4
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Buttony 4 submitted by wolfnighthunter on 4th Dec 2008. Button cup and ring carvings
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Log Text: Remember these being very clear on the rock.
Clickhimin
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Clickhimin submitted by jbamps on 12th Sep 2005. Remain of a broch near Lerwik (Shetland).
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Log Text: Brief visit, surprised it was so well preserved.
Barnhouse Settlement
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Barnhouse Settlement submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Barnhouse Settlement HY306127. Probably in use around the same time of Skara Brae.
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Log Text: Rebuilt and made all spick-and-span...
Barnhouse Stone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3
Barnhouse Stone submitted by howar on 30th Jul 2010. stone with Maes Howe aligned, Setter tumuli on Syra Dale behind Maes Howe continuing line
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Log Text: Looks good from far off, wish I had time to get in close.
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...
Sueno's Stone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class III Pictish Cross Slab
Country: Scotland (Moray)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Sueno's Stone submitted by Cosmic on 9th Nov 2003. Another view of the Sueno Pictish Stone at NJ046595. The largest stone we've ever seen - enclosed in perspex case to protect it - only yards away from A96 Dual carriageway and yet how many people ever notice it?
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Log Text: Gigantinormous.
Dun Telve
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dun Telve submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. From the Gleann Beag road near Corrary.
Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: Brief visit in the rain. Grey grey greyness...
Clachtoll Broch
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Clachtoll Broch submitted by lynswan on 13th Jul 2008. Photo of Clachtoll Broch showing the entrance and large triangular lintel stone over the doorway.
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Log Text: Been up here a couple of times, first in a downpour and the second in the sun! There is an ancient drystane dyke running out of Clachtoll near the broch. The broch itself is a bit of a mess but a good visit all the same.
Brae of Achnahaird
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Couldn't find on 1st Jan 2005. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Log Text: Couldn't see it but I don't think I was trying all that hard.
Dunadd Fort
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dunadd Fort submitted by andy_h on 6th Mar 2003. Footstone at Dunadd Fort, Kilmartin Valley, Argyll.
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Log Text: Saw the footprint and watched the sunset.