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Hillhead of Clatt
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2009. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Log Text: Futile attempt to find anything promising.
Maiden Stone (Aberdeenshire)
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Maiden Stone (Aberdeenshire) submitted by bobs on 25th Jan 2004. Nice view of the back face of this Pictish symbol stone showing (from top) centaur .. notched rectangle .. Pictish Beast .. Mirror and Comb.
Grid Ref: NJ703247
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Log Text: Covered up by a box during winter - go during the sunnier months!
Picardy Stone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Picardy Stone submitted by jeffrep on 20th Feb 2008. The Picardy Stone In Its Enclosure, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Log Text: Good stone, pity about the metal railing surround.
Candle Hill
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Feb 2009. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Candle Hill submitted by megalithicmatt on 3rd Jan 2012. Fallen recumbent and flanker.
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Log Text: Access from the north is a bit hazardous as a little quarry has to be avoided. The circle is pretty much destroyed but the overgrown cairn is visible in the centre. Great views all around.
Cothiemuir Wood
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Cothiemuir Wood submitted by megalithicmatt on 3rd Jan 2012. Recumbent and flankers with the displaced cist slab in the foreground.
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Log Text: Beautiful.
Sunhoney
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Sunhoney submitted by cosmic on 14th Aug 2003. Sunhoney stone circle from the SE.
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Log Text: Lovely place.
Kirkton Of Bourtie
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2009. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kirkton Of Bourtie submitted by megalithicmatt on 3rd Jan 2012. Recumbent and flanker.
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Log Text: Superb views over Garioch.
Huntly
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Huntly submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Aug 2014. The paving stone inscription between them reads:
"The Stannin' Steens
7th century
The left one is a Pictish Symbol Stone"
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Log Text: Two small stones remaining out of about six. One used to have Pictish symbols (now lost to erosion). They stand beneath the statue in the town square.
Culsh
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Culsh 028 submitted by Andy B on 18th Jan 2004. Part of the Burnham family holiday to Tomintoul, Moray in August 2003
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Log Text: Fun place to crawl around in.
Forvie Kerb Cairns
Date Added: 27th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Forvie Kerb Cairns submitted by cosmic on 29th Sep 2008. East of pair from North
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Log Text: Several cairns appear and disappear here as the dunes move.
Forvie Sands Flint Workings
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Forvie Sands Flint Workings submitted by cosmic on 4th Oct 2008. Flint Nodules
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Log Text: All very visible.
Forvie 'Stone Circle'
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Forvie 'Stone Circle' submitted by golux on 23rd May 2010. When I visited the given location all I found was this marker confirming I was indeed at the exact spot - but there was no stone circle to be seen. Could it be that the alleged stone circle is actually one of the hut circles or cairns listed on this site?
This whole area is closed from April to August to protect the birdlife so I guess I will have to have another look in wintertime.
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Log Text: Two circles side-by-side and close to several cairns.
Balquhain
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Balquhain submitted by megalithicmatt on 30th Oct 2011. Some cupmarks on one of the western stones.
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Log Text: Pronounced 'Balwheen' or 'Balwhine' depending on who you talk to. The circle is a bit average but the quartz pillar and the view are the main reasons to visit.
Easter Aquhorthies
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Easter Aquhorthies submitted by rldixon on 27th Nov 2007. Easter Aquhorthies recumbent stone circle aberdeenshire taken 2007
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Log Text: Oft-visited circle.
Bieldside
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2011. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 2 Access 5
Bieldside submitted by bobs on 29th Jan 2004. This burial cairn is situated slap bang in the middle of a modern housing estate and therefore has absolutely no atmosphere whatsoever. That said, it is still a good example of this type of cairn.
Grid Ref: NJ883027
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Log Text: Very large cairn. The view of the hills past the estate isn't too bad.
Tuack
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Tuack submitted by Cosmic on 14th Mar 2004. Tuack from the north-west
The only reason I'm convinced I've got the actual site is the ditch
which surrounds it. At the edge of a rookery this site has a couple of
upstanding (rather than standing stones) and a ditch of the correct size
(just over 7metres).
The main track up the hill is blocked by a high gate and barbed wire,
presumably to prevent access to the quarry sites and ubiquitous
telephone mast which now straddles the hill. The actual circle is down
in the South most corner o...
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Log Text: Participated in Richard Bradley's excavation there for about a week. (He calls it 'Tuach', BTW).
Raedykes Roman Camp
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Couldn't find on 27th Mar 2011. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Raedykes Roman Camp submitted by C_Michael_Hogan on 3rd Oct 2007. Raedykes Roman Camp: ramparts and defensive ditch along the eastern perimeter. The view is looking northward with Curlethney Hill in the background.
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Log Text: Note: don't rely on friend's innaccurate iphone GPS. Bring a real map instead.
Cat Cairn
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Cat Cairn submitted by cosmic on 27th Sep 2004. Cat Cairn from North
This is one of four prehistoric cairns on Tullos Hill just south of Aberdeen
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Log Text: The easiest one to reach from the town.
Wheedlemont
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Wheedlemont submitted by thewonderer on 27th Jan 2004. Standing Stone Weedlemont Grid Ref NJ479265
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Log Text: Close to Upper Ord and Wheedlemont Hill, Rhynie is one of my favourite places, so I do like these stones very much.
Rhynie 2
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Rhynie 2 submitted by cosmic on 26th Jun 2005.
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Log Text: Set in the side of Rhynie square with its partner.