Braes Of Bucharn
Four Poster Stone Circle (Bronze Age), Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Braes Of Bucharn
Classification Four Poster Stone Circle (Bronze Age), Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Hill Of Bucharn
Canmore ID 17748
Site Number NJ53NW 13
NGR NJ 5187 3603
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17748
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Gartly
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ53NW 13 5187 3603.
(NJ 5187 3603) Site of Stone Circle (NR) Human Remains found.
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1902)
About 1810, four large stones, said to have been the remains of a circle, were removed by the farmer from an arable field on the side of the Hill of Bucharn.
They formed the corners of a square and were about 40 links apart. Bones were found whilst digging at the foot of them.
Name Book 1871.
No evidence of a stone circle was found at the site indicated.
Visited by OS (EGC) 15 September 1961.
"4-Poster"
Information contained in letter from H A W Burl, Hull, 26 November 1970, (letter file AO/SC/X/B).
