Shethin, 'stone Circle'
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Shethin, 'stone Circle'
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Raxton; Fountain Park; Fountain Hill; 4 Shethin Cottages; Sheithen
Canmore ID 19846
Site Number NJ83SE 6
NGR NJ 88150 32800
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19846
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Tarves
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ83SE 6 88150 32800
(NJ 8815 3280) Stone Circle (NR).
OS 6" map, (1959)
A small stone circle with a N-S diameter of 16ft [4.9m], none of the stones being of any conspicuous height. Several stones are missing from the east side.
F R Coles 1902.
A stone circle, generally as described by Coles (1902), comprising at least nine upright stones, the highest being 1.6m. The interior is now filled by field clearance stones.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RL) 10 April 1972.
Scheduled as '4 Shethin Cottages, cairn 310m WNW of... the remains of a cairn... [surviving] as a ring of approximately twelve stones.'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 30 March 2009.
Cairn
(Remains of) [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, April 2009.
