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Field Visit
Date 29 April 1999
Event ID 635192
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/635192
The surviving stones of this recumbent stone circle stand in an arable field on the spur some 300m to the WSW of the Old Manse at Kirkton of Bourtie. Originally measuring about 22m in diameter, it probably comprised ten or eleven stones, of which only four now survive, namely the recumbent on the SSW (2), its E flanker (3), and two upright orthostats on the W (4 & 5). The recumbent (2), which measures 4.9m in length by 1.9m in height, is an irregularly shaped boulder with a gently domed summit and does not appear to be set horizontal, dipping markedly towards the WNW to rest on a foundation of small boulders. At the opposite end a blocking stone can be seen filling the triangular gap between it and the E flanker (3). The latter stands 2.95m high and is much taller than either of the surviving orthostats on the WNW (4) and WSW (5), but at 2.1m and 1.75m high respectively these are not graded to reduce in height from S to N. Apart from field clearance, nothing can be seen within the interior, though what was probably the base of an internal cairn was noted in the 19th century.
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW and KHJM) 29 April 1999
