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Map Reference : NJ732207
Age : Circa.3000BC
Nearest Landmark : East Aquhorthies
Location :
West of Inverurie about 4 Km. Follow signs on roadside marked 'East Aquhorthies
Stone Circle'
Carry on past first car park and stop at second car park. Easy access from here
on up
the farm track to circle at top of the hill - about 400 meters from car park
to circle.
Other Details :
Very good example of a complete recumbent stone circle.
East Auqhorthies may have derived from the Gaelic for "field of prayer". The
circle
comprises of 11 uprights linked by a low bank, the height of the stones rises
from North
East towards the recumbent. Those stones flanking the recumbent are over 2 meters
high.
The stones show a notable geological variation, the stones are rough pinkish
porphyry,
save the stone next to the east flanker which is red jasper - the flankers are
of grey granite
and the recumbent of red granite from near Bennachie ( no mean feat as Bennachie
is some
5 kilometers away over very hilly terrain ).
Bennachie can be seen on the far right of the picture