Aberdeenshire HER - NJ62SW0004 - DRUIDSTONE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ62SW0004
Name	DRUIDSTONE
NRHE Card No.	NJ62SW4
NRHE Numlink	18213
HES SM No.	20
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of recumbent stone circle. The pillar stones have fallen and the recumbent was split up and removed circa 1844. Only two stones now stand. In its present state neither the original position of the recumbent or which of the fallen stones are flankers can be ascertained with certainty. The farmer in 1901 said that urns and burnt bones had been found to the west of the stones. No trace of a smaller circle said to lie to the west. RCAHMS site visit in 1999 recorded the remains of the circle at the south end of a dilapidated enclosure with an outlier at the north end of the enclosure. The circle measures 14.5 m in diameter and comprising at least six stones: the two flankers (one leaning, one fallen) and four orthostats, one of which is fallen. The recumbent does not survive although a cleared boulder has been dumped in this position. Several other boulders lie along the circumference of the circle including a long dressed block with a row of wedge sockets along the north edge of its upturned face. Within the interior is a cairn circa 0.6 m high and there are several chunks of white quartz amongst the cleared stones around its western margin. The outlier is a pillar measuring circa 2.25 m in height.
Last Update	31/05/2022
Updated By	bmann

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National Grid Reference: NJ 6153 2219

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
1999	Field Observation

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
URNS	CINERARY		D	80
BONES		BURNT	E	80
STONE-CIRCLES		REMAINS OF	A	100
STONE-CIRCLES		RECUMBENT	B	100
STONE-CIRCLES		SITE OF	C	90