Publication Account
Date 1986
Event ID 1017335
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017335
Positioned near the top of a long hill slope, its outlook masked until recently by mature, closely set conifers, this is a classic Buchan variant of the recumbent stone circle, having a bank, 0.8m high, on to which the standing stones had been dragged and levered into position. Unlike Strichen (no. 93) but similar to Netherton (NK 043572) and Aiky Brae (N] 958470), this is circular in plan, being 17.6m in diameter. Although only the lichen-encrusted recumbent, west flanker and two other stones remain standing, this green, mossy, circle is still an unearthly spot. The 12-ton recumbent would have required at least 40 adults to pull it up the slope.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Grampian’, (1986).
