| Primary Reference | NO69NW0002 |
| Name | GLASSEL STONE CIRCLE |
| NRHE Card No. | NO69NW2 |
| NRHE Numlink |
36195
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| HES SM No. |
978
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| HES LB No. |
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| Site Form |
Standing Structure
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| Site Condition |
Incomplete
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| Details |
Remains of a stone circle, located in woodland. An oval setting of five granite pillars, the tallest stone, in the southwest, is situated on level ground near a sharp drop to the Canny Burn. The stones range in height from 0.8 4m - 0.99 m. The site was dug into sometime before 1879 and re-excavated by Coles in 1904. He found a small flint flake and a few charcoal fragments. A block of indurate sandstone lying loose may have been a cist cover. This setting has been compared with Image Wood, Aboyne (NO59NW0001) and East Circle at Backhill of Drachlaw (NJ64NE0004) as being transitional in form between recumbent stone circles and four-posters (Burl 1971).
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| Last Update | 30/04/2020 |
| Updated By | cherbert |
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