Aberdeenshire HER - NJ84SE0001 - ROCKING STONES, AUCHMALIDDIE

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Primary ReferenceNJ84SE0001
NameROCKING STONES, AUCHMALIDDIE
NRHE Card No.NJ84SE1
NRHE Numlink 19879
HES SM No. 9392
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of possible stone circle, now comprising two quartz boulders. According to Pratt (1870) these boulders were known as the 'Muckle Stane of Auchmaliddie', which he described as a fallen rocking stone. The name is not known locally. Coles records a local tradition of a stone circle and suggests that a slight swelling a few yards to the north of the stones is the original mound on which the circle stood. There is now no trace of a 'slight swelling'. The larger stone, 3 m x 1.8 m x 0.7 m thick, lies northeast-southwest and the other to the southeast. Whilst noted that this large stone would make a suitable recumbent stone for a recumbent stone circle, there is no further evidence of this. Also known locally as the 'Cockerty Stones'.
Last Update12/12/2022
Updated Bycherbert
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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
STONE-CIRCLES SITE OFA90
STANDING-STONES  B90