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Tomnaverie Stone Circle WTN0324JHP Tomnaverie Outer Monolith Bronze Age Recumbent Stone Circle Deeside Aberdeenshire in North east Scotland is at Tomnaverie, a small hill near Tarland on Royal Deeside with a distant Lochnagar mountain viewed through the flankers and over the altar stone, recently excavated, dated to around 1800BC and partially restored by Reading University. A modern carpark with disabled access has been provided by Historic Scotland and coach lay-by as well and is easily reached after a short climb up a prepared path. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Tarland, Tomnaverie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, ring, cairn, upright, history, Bronze Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, stones, altar, flankers, monolith, hilltop, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, antiquity, cremation
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Ancient Stones
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Tomnaverie Stone Circle WTN0324JHP
Upload Date: 2009-03-31 12:54:24
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Tomnaverie Outer Monolith Bronze Age Recumbent Stone Circle Deeside Aberdeenshire

in North east Scotland is at Tomnaverie, a small hill near Tarland on Royal Deeside with a distant Lochnagar mountain viewed through the flankers and over the altar stone, recently excavated, dated to around 1800BC and partially restored by Reading University. A modern carpark with disabled access has been provided by Historic Scotland and coach lay-by as well and is easily reached after a short climb up a prepared path.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Tarland, Tomnaverie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, ring, cairn, upright, history, Bronze Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, stones, altar, flankers, monolith, hilltop, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, antiquity, cremation