East Pitforthie
Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name East Pitforthie
Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 36059
Site Number NO66SW 9
NGR NO 6197 6142
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36059
- Council Angus
- Parish Brechin
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO66SW 9 6197 6142.
(NO 6197 6142) Stone Circle (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A stone circle, apparently extant in 1839 had been removed and its site ploughed by c.1861 when its site was still discernible.
D D Black 1839; Name Book 1861.
Note (1983)
East Pitforthie NO 619 614 NO66SW 9
What may have been a stone circle or a cairn was removed before 1861.
RCAHMS 1983
(Black 1839; Name Book, Forfar, No. 11, p. 39).
