Braes Of Forbes
Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Cup (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Braes Of Forbes
Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Cup (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 17565
Site Number NJ51NW 12
NGR NJ 53 17
NGR Description NJ c. 53 17
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17565
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Tullynessle And Forbes
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ51NW 12 c. 53 17
See also NJ51NW 5.
A Stone Cup, with flat circular handle, having a bank of chevrony ornaments underneath the rim, found in a stone circle on the Braes of Forbes.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1875
The Braes of Forbes is the hill slope North of the main road from Kirkton (NJ 51 16) to Bridge of Alford (NJ 55 17). The stone circle referred to may be NJ51NW 5 .
Visited by OS (RL) 10 September 1968.
A stone cup 'with a flat circular handle, having a band of chevrony ornaments underneath the rim' is alleged to have been found in a stone circle on the Braes of Forbes. The cup was exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries in 1874, but its present whereabouts is unknown.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 26 August 1996.
PSAS 1875.
