Aberdeenshire HER - NJ64NE0004 - EAST CIRCLE, BACKHILL OF DRACHLAW

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Primary ReferenceNJ64NE0004
NameEAST CIRCLE, BACKHILL OF DRACHLAW
NRHE Card No.NJ64NE6
NRHE Numlink 18325
HES SM No. 335
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a small stone circle, sited on a gentle hill. It comprises 6 very large stones. The largest stone is to the northwest and has a vein of quartz around it. The interior of the circle is level and smooth. The southeast stone has broken and the top half has fallen forward. This setting has been compared with Image Wood, Aboyne (NO59NW0001) and Glassel Wood (NO69NW0002) as being transitional in form between recumbent stone circles and four-posters (Burl 1971).
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