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Remains of a recumbent stone circle dating from the third millennium BC. The circle stands at circa 158 m OD and is 18.3 m in diameter. The circle stones vary from 1 m to 2.9 m tall and stand in a low stony bank surrounding a fragmentary ring cairn 11.6 m in diameter. The recumbent stone, a huge slab 3.8 m long lying on its side, is resting on a bedding of small stones so that its top is level. The recumbent stone is set on the south-south-west and is flanked by the two largest stones in the circle (the 'flankers'). In 1822 the circle was recorded as having ten upright stones and one recumbent stone, but in 1899 there was an additional thin upright stone. It is thought one of the original stones had been split into two, possibly when the circle was used as a cattle-fold. The two 'thin stones' have fallen. An inner concentric circle exists as a retaining bank 0.3 m high and 3 m in from the stone circle. It is only evident on the north segment where, also, several stones protrude through the bank. Of the outer circle, only a low spread grass bank, 0.2 m high and 9 m distant from the stone circle, exists, on the south west side.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
Aberdeen City
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NJ81SE0009 - STANDINGSTONES, TYREBAGGER