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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 668652
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/668652
NJ64NW 15 6006 4577.
(NJ 6006 4577) Stone Circle (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1902)
Yonder Bognie. A circle of Standing Stones has been constructed from large whinstone boulders on ground sloping very gently to the E. The Recumbent Stone and the tall stone to the E seem to be resting on a ridge but this is merely an accumulation of weeds (information from Mr Shand, Yonder Bognie).
The E pillar stone has fallen and is partly grass covered. There is a space of 1-ft between the Recumbent Stone and the W pillar.
The first stone (clockwise) is standing and there is a half-sunken stone close to it on the N. The second stone has a long slope to the W. The third stone has fallen inwards and its probable site is marked on the plan with a cross. The fourth stone faces the Recumbent Stone giving a diameter to the circle of 71 1/2ft. The fifth and sixth stones are missing and the seventh lies within a foot or two of its original position. A fragment of what is probably the eighth stone lies on the SE arc, but its original position cannot definitely be laid down. The ninth stone is the larger of two whose bases are shown close together. Just in front of the Recumbent Stone are some earthfast stones which appear to be integral parts of the circle. Others (the largest is marked 'S') possibly formed part of a concentric setting but have been moved out of their places, whilst the group marked 'B' is suggestive of cists.
There is no indication whatever of a mound in the centre.
F R Coles 1903.
The circle is generally as described above, although it is smaller than Coles (1903) states, 16.0m between the stones he mentions and 20.0m between the second and ninth, this being the greatest diameter of the circle. The largest of the stones, the recumbent one, measures 3.4 long, X 1.5 thick X 1.6 high, the rest are much smaller but stand to heights of 1.0m to 1.8m. Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (JTT) 9 September 1964.
