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Auchincleuch
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Auchincleuch
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Auchinclech
Canmore ID 19366
Site Number NJ80NW 6
NGR NJ 8281 0915
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19366
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Skene
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ80NW 6 8281 0915.
(NJ 8281 0915) Stone Circle (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1901)
Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1959)
All that remains of the 'Druidical Circle' that stood on the estate of Auchinclech is a large rough slab of granite, about 6 feet high. The present owner removed several of the stones.
Name Book 1864
The standing stone, is 1.5m high by 0.9m x 0.5m. No markings were seen on the stone which leans to the S.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 31 October 1961.
(Name cited as Auchinclech).
NMRS, MS/712/74.
This standing stone, which stood in a cultivated field 390m SE of Auchinclech farmsteading (NJ80NW 104), has been removed since last being visited by the Ordnance Survey in 1961. The present owner's wife, who has been at the farm for a number of years, has no knowledge of the stone.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 13 February 1997.
