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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 668857
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/668857
NJ64NE 6 6729 4633
(NJ 6729 4633) Stone Circle (NR)
OS 6" map, Banffshire, 2nd ed., (1905).
Not to be confused with Carlin Stone or Cairn Riv, possible stone circle (NJ 6744 4659) or stone circle (NJ 6709 4630) at Backhill of Drachlaw, for which see NJ64NE 4 and NJ64NE 5 respectively.
Backhill of Drachlaw, East Circle. This is a small circle, diameter 28 ft, devoid of a Recumbent Stone, consisting of 6 very large massive stones. The interior is level and smooth. Stones are from 2ft 7ins to 4 ft 10ins high. The stone 'E' has broken and the top half has fallen forward. No tampering with the stones or ploughing within the enclosure was found.
F R Coles 1903.
As described above.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 7 September 1964.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RL) 4 September 1967.
Scheduled as Backhill of Drachlaw, stone circle.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 9 November 2000.
