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Tullos Cairn
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Tullos Cairn submitted by cosmic on 5th Sep 2004. Tullos Cairn from E
This is one of four scheduled carins on Tullos Hill just to the south of Aberdeen. The others are Baron's, Cat and Crab's.
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Log Text: Sprawling dessicated mass.
Baron's Cairn
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Baron's Cairn submitted by hamilton on 5th Feb 2012. Baron's Cairn on Tullos Hill, near the coast, just south of the River dee estuary.
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Log Text: Actually quite nice.
Upper Ord
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Upper Ord submitted by megalithicmatt on 2nd Jan 2012. The stones.
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Log Text: Visited this site many times - ancient landscapes all around.
Tap o'Noth
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Tap o'Noth submitted by Cosmic on 4th Jan 2004. South side
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Log Text: Visited loads of times. Great place, great views, great walls, great walk up.
Skara Brae
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Skara Brae submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Looking out over Bay of Skaill.
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Log Text: Nice, but the tourist focus and access detracts from the experience.
Wideford Hill
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Wideford Hill submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn HY409121. Externally and internally very like Isbister Tomb of the Eagles.
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Log Text: The cairn was waterlogged and the site torch's batteries were dead, so didn't go in. Hopefully will next time!
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.
Stenness
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Stenness submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. One of the Stenness stones (and some sheep).
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Log Text: Want to go back.
Watch Stone (Orkney)
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Watch Stone (Orkney) submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Seen from the southwest.
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Log Text: Right beside the road.
Maes Howe
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Maes Howe submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Under cloud cover.
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Log Text: Second visit - better tour guide this time!
Ring of Brodgar
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Ring of Brodgar submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Dandelions outside the ring.
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Log Text: Very busy unfortunately, plus the paths are well worn and detracting. Best to get there on a winter's evening I think.
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.
Unstan
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Unstan submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Unstan - view from the northeast.
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Log Text: I supposethe aspect is marred somewhat by the proximity of the car park.
Mither Tap
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Mither Tap submitted by cosmic on 28th Dec 2003. Mither Tap at NJ 682 224
This the third highest hill fort surrounds the bare granite rock outcrop of the most easterly of the Bennachie summits. Although not the highest point of the Bennachie massif it is the most prominent.
The site was occupied between 1000BC and 1000AD with at least two sets of defences.
The main defence, formed by a well-built stone wall running from N to SE about 30 m below the summit of the outcrop, is clearly marked.
In places, the wall-faces and traces of a...
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Log Text: Partially rebuilt but still feels somewhat authentic and it has the best views in Aberdeenshire.
Ardlair (Circle)
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Ardlair (Circle) submitted by cosmic on 22nd Oct 2007. Ardlair RSC from North-West
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Log Text: I think Julian Cope described the recumbent as looking like a 'smashed tank' or somesuch similar thing. Definitely appropriate as the ruins of the rest of the site looks like a battlefield.
Rothiemay
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Moray)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Rothiemay submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. The recumbent.
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Log Text: Lovely recumbent. Quite fun trying to find all the cup marks.
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.
Garrol Wood
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Garrol Wood submitted by megalithicmatt on 2nd Jan 2012. One of the Nine Stanes' stones.
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Log Text: More commonly known as the Nine Stanes.
Esslie The Greater
Date Added: 26th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Esslie The Greater submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Recumbent and flankers middle left.
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Log Text: Very big.