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Skelmuir Hill
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Skelmuir Hill
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 20653
Site Number NJ94SE 17
NGR NJ 9822 4170
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20653
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Old Deer
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ94SE 17 9822 4170.
(NJ 9822 4170) Standing Stones (NR)
OS 6" map (1959)
A rugged leaning, granite monolith, measuring about 5'6" in height and 7' in basal girth.
F R Coles 1904
Supposed to be either the remains of a stone circle or boundary stones of the ancient thanedom of Buchan (A Rankin, Episcopal minister, Old Deer).
Name Book 1870
A standing stone, as described by Coles.
Visited by OS (RL) 27 April 1972.
(Site of Regional Significance: location cited as NJ 9821 4170).
NMRS, MS/2059.
