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Auchentae

Stone Circle (Neolithic)

Site Name Auchentae

Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic)

Canmore ID 17433

Site Number NJ46SW 18

NGR NJ 4150 6358

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Aerial view from Arradoul to Knock Hill, Moray, looking SSE.
Aerial view from Arradoul to Knock Hill, Moray, looking SSE.Auchentae, NJ46SW 18, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoAuchentae, NJ46SW 18, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Administrative Areas

  • Council Moray
  • Parish Rathven
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Banffshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ46SW 18 4150 6358.

(NJ 4150 6358) Site of Stone Circle (NR)

OS 6" map, (1938)

Reported to have been a 'large circle of huge rough stones, equidistant from each other', removed some time before 1867, the stones being broken up and used for building the adjoining farm steadings.

Name Book 1867.

No trace.

Visited by OS (NKB) 7 August 1964.

Activities

Field Visit (1867)

Reported to have been a 'large circle of huge rough stones, equidistant from each other', removed some time before 1867, the stones being broken up and used for building the adjoining farm steadings.

Name Book 1867.

Field Visit (7 August 1964)

No trace.

Visited by OS (NKB) 7 August 1964.

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