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The gallery has photos of ancient Scottish sites such as recumbent stone circles, stone circles, long cairns, Pictish carvings and early fortifications including Tap ONoth, Bennachie, Kinord, and most of the following:
Aikey Brae RSC; Balquhain Stone Circle; Brandsbutt Stone; Broomend of Crichie Henge and Pictish Symbol Stone; Castle Fraser Stone Circle; Consumption Dykes, Kingswells; Corsedarder Memorial; Cothiemuir Wood RSC; Craigearn Standing Stone; Craw Stane, Rhynie; Cullerlie Stone Circle; Culsh earthhouse or souterrain; Easter Aquthorthies RSC; Eslie the Greater RSC; Eslie the Lessler RSC; Garrol Wood RSC; Glassel Stone Circle; Kinord Cross; Kirkton of Bourtie RSC; Loanhead of Daviot RSC; Long Cairn, Corsedarder; Maidenstone Symbol Stone; Mid Mar Stone Circle; Nine Staines RSC; Picardy Pictish Symbol Stone; Strichen RSC; Sueno Stone, Forres; Sunhoney RSC; Tomnaverie RSC;

Maidenstone Stone Bennachie jkl8779jhp Maiden Stone Cross-slab Bennachie summit spring Pictish Christian carved ancient Scottish relic stands by the roadside near Pitcaple and is easily accessible for the causal visit from a small lay-by carpark. It is thought to date from the 9th century AD with a mixture of Pictish and early Christian symbols carved on pink granite stone and is probably one of the last carved in Grampian. It is so-called after the daughter of a local landowner who died during her elopement. During the winter and spring with the trees bare of foliage it is possible to see the summit of Bennachie. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Maiden, symbol, Stone, Pitcaple, Chapel, Garioch, Donside, Bennachie, summit, tap, mither, Gordon, district, archaeology, archaeological, history, Picts, Pictish, early, Christian, granite, pink, slab, Cross-slab, west, east, face, landscape, spring, ring-headed, cross, fish, monsters, spiral, interlace, knot-work, four, incised, symbols, historic, history, heritage, double-sided, comb, Z-rod, centaur, mirror, carving, name, legend, daughter, Balquhain, death, eloping, field, countryside, farming, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, peaceful, trees, woods, Historic, carpark, council, layby, public, access, fenced, winter, covered, protected
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Maidenstone Stone Bennachie jkl8779jhp
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Maiden Stone Cross-slab Bennachie summit spring Pictish Christian carved ancient

Scottish relic stands by the roadside near Pitcaple and is easily accessible for the causal visit from a small lay-by carpark. It is thought to date from the 9th century AD with a mixture of Pictish and early Christian symbols carved on pink granite stone and is probably one of the last carved in Grampian. It is so-called after the daughter of a local landowner who died during her elopement. During the winter and spring with the trees bare of foliage it is possible to see the summit of Bennachie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Maiden, symbol, Stone, Pitcaple, Chapel, Garioch, Donside, Bennachie, summit, tap, mither, Gordon, district, archaeology, archaeological, history, Picts, Pictish, early, Christian, granite, pink, slab, Cross-slab, west, east, face, landscape, spring, ring-headed, cross, fish, monsters, spiral, interlace, knot-work, four, incised, symbols, historic, history, heritage, double-sided, comb, Z-rod, centaur, mirror, carving, name, legend, daughter, Balquhain, death, eloping, field, countryside, farming, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, peaceful, trees, woods, Historic, carpark, council, layby, public, access, fenced, winter, covered, protected