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Map Reference : NJ747288
Age : Circa.2500BC
Nearest Landmark : Daviot Village
Location :
Situated in 'Loanhead of Daviot' about 300 meters North West of the
Village of Daviot. Easy off road parking. The circle is some 100 meters
from the car park
through a small wood
Other Details :
A fine example of a stone circle and adjacent ancient cremation cemetery ( just visable behind
third stone from the left ). The height of the circle stones noticably
increases from the North
East towards the recumbent. The flanking stones on the far side has
twelve cup marks on it,
perhaps used during the religeous rites performed here.
The people who built and used the circle farmed the land around; tools
and burials associated
with there settlements have been found in the adjacent fields. They
were probably descendants
of the first farmers in the area, who came here over 3000BC
Archeological investigation in the 1930's showed that, at a later date,
the area within the circle had
been heavily burnt. This probably cleared the area in advance of human
burials and the construction
of a ring cairn over the burnt area. The outer edge of the cairn is
marked by a kerb of larger stones
A sketch of the cremation cemetery.