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HES surveyed Broomend of Crichie cist slab with plane-table and alidade on 14 February 2018 at a scale of 1:20. The resultant plan and section were redrawn in vector graphics software. |
14 February 2018 |
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Minor additions were made to the plan taken by RCAHMS in 1998. These included the low scarp behind the recumbent setting defining part of the SW flank of the internal cairn, segments of the low ring-bank between orthostats 7-8 and 11-12, and a reworking of the hollow resulting from Dalrymple’s excavation. [...] |
14 February 2018 |
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FIELD VISIT |
This stone circle is situated in waste ground about 15m WNW of the junction of the minor public road with another leading E to Wellheads. Only three grey granite orthostats survive and (pace Ian S Sainsbury of the OS) these describe the W arc of a ring measuring about 19m in diameter. The most northerly stands upright and measures 0.87m high, while its two companions to the S lean steeply SE and N respectively. Much of the interior has been eroded and is occupied by thorn scrub, while there are scrappy SE-facing lynchets resulting from ploughing to the ring’s south. The boulders to the W are either field clearance or have been exhumed from the neighbouring ditch. [...] |
15 February 2018 |