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Tag Archives: Aberdeenshire
Colpy, Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire
Stone Circle (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NJ 6411 3261 Also Known as: Canmore ID 18272 Archaeology & History Just like the stone circle a half-mile east at Kirkton of Culsalmond, nothing now remains of this megalithic ring. It was first … Continue reading
Posted in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Stone Circles
Tagged Aberdeenshire, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, churches, Colpy, Culsalmond, Dunecht, earth mysteries, fairs, festivals, folklore, Garioch, heathens, heritage, historic Scotland, Kirkton of Culsalmond, megalithic, Megaliths, midsummer, neolithic, oral tradition, paganism, sacred sites, Scotland, shamanism, shamans, St Sairs, St Serf, Standing Stones, Stone Circles, summer solstice, traditions
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Kirkton of Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire
Stone Circle (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NJ 6503 3293 Also Known as: Canmore ID 18243 Archaeology & History After standing at the same spot for 3000 years or more, near the beginning of the 19th century this stone circle was destroyed by the self-righteous … Continue reading
Posted in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Stone Circles
Tagged Aberdeenshire, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, churches, Colpy, earth mysteries, folklore, Garioch, heritage, historic Scotland, Kirkton of Culsalmond, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, oral tradition, paganism, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, Stone Circles
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Hillhead, Forgue, Aberdeenshire
Stone Circle (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NJ 638 367 Also Known as: Canmore ID 18237 Hillhead of Bogfouton Wether Hill Archaeology & History Described by the early 20th century antiquarian and megalithomaniac Fred Coles (1903) as being situated “about 1¼ … Continue reading
Elphillock, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire
Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NJ 4907 1274 Also Known as: Elf Hillock Elphhillock Archaeology & History There is some confusion as to whether this mound of earth, barely four feet high but some 50 feet across, is actually prehistoric. … Continue reading
Kelpie’s Stane, Corgarff, Aberdeenshire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NJ 264 087 Also known as: Kelpie Stone Folklore The old Scottish folklorist, A.A. MacGregor, described this legendary rock, “by the Bridge of Luib, on the River Don,” in his classic Peat Fire Flame. … Continue reading
Posted in Aberdeenshire, Sacred Nature
Tagged Aberdeenshire, Archaeology, boulders, cailleach, Corgarff, faerie, fertility rites, folk-lore, folklore, healing, kelpies, legends, myth, sacred rocks, Scotland, stones, supernatural
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Battle Hill Dolmen, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Cairn (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NJ 542 401 Archaeology & History In a short article, ‘Dolmens in Scotland’, written by Dr H.O. Forbes in the esteemed Antiquity journal of June 1929, Dr Forbes reported the former existence of a … Continue reading
Posted in Aberdeenshire, Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Scotland
Tagged Aberdeenshire, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, cairn, creation myths, cromlech, death, devil, dolmen, folk-lore, folklore, historic Scotland, Huntly, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, prehistoric sites, tomb, tumulus
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