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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;

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Esslie Lessler Bronze Age recumbent stone circle sunset Scotland Aberdeenshire Eslie Kincardineshire Scotland is one of such ancient monuments dotted around the North East and this one is located on the southern slopes of Tilquhillie Hill looking south and westwards up Feughside and the distant Clachnaben hill near Banchory on Royal Deeside west of Aberdeen near Mulloch Forest. Nearby is Esslie the Greater a few fields away lower down while to the east are the Nine Staines in the Garrol Wood. Taken using a Bronica ETRSi on 3rd October 1987.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Royal Deeside, Eslie, Esslie, Greater, Lessler, Banchory, Clachnaben, Scolty, Hill, Camie, Feughside, Mulloch, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, neolithic, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, monolith, scanned, transparency, 645, Fujichrome, October, 1987, autumn, sunset

Corsedardar Finzean 198331jhp
Feughside Corsedardar hill Aberdeernshire Dardanus Scots King broken marker burial is on a popular drive between Finzean and Aboyne following the B976 westwards into Aberdeenshire. It follows the course of the River Feugh which flows into the River Dee at Banchory but the upper end starting at Finzean is famous for its connection to the snow and sheep painter Joseph Farquharson whose estate and home was located there. The broken stone partly repaired with iron bands and cement after workmen broke it is supposed to stand in its original position and across from the modern War Memorial; nearby is a Millennium standing stone. The broken stone is claimed to have marked the place nearby where an early Scottish Pictish King Dardanus was killed circa AD75, according to Hector Boece’s History of the Scots 1527, because of his cruelty and universal dislike. This whole legend is beyond determining as fact. Slightly south west downhill of this and in the forest is a Long Cairn possibly dating to c.4000BC. This photograph was taken in 2002 the last year I used slide film, either 35mm or 645 as my main medium for landscape photography. It is still representative of the general countryside despite their age and is chosen because of the lovely light and colours as it can still be on the right day.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Banchory, Feugh, River, landscape, Finzean, Clachnaben, Corsedardar, Corsedarder, hill, Dardanus, Pictish, King, AD71, Metallanus, son, brother, death, broken, stone, standing, menhir, repaired, Feughside, Birse, round, burial, Long, Cairn, ancient, mound, stones, pile, pine, forest, Forest, Birse, countryside, rural, nature, summer, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, sun, sunshine, blue, sky, July, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

Corsedardar Finzean 198323jhp
Feughside Corsedardar War Memorial Dardanus King broken marker burial is on a popular drive between Finzean and Aboyne following the B976 westwards into Aberdeenshire. It follows the course of the River Feugh which flows into the River Dee at Banchory but the upper end starting at Finzean is famous for its connection to the snow and sheep painter Joseph Farquharson whose estate and home was located there. The broken stone partly repaired with iron bands and cement after workmen broke it is supposed to stand in its original position and across from the modern War Memorial; nearby is a Millennium standing stone. The broken stone is claimed to have marked the place nearby where an early Scottish Pictish King Dardanus was killed circa AD75, according to Hector Boece’s History of the Scots 1527, because of his cruelty and universal dislike. This whole legend is beyond determining as fact. Slightly south west downhill of this and in the forest is a Long Cairn possibly dating to c.4000BC. This photograph was taken in 2002 the last year I used slide film, either 35mm or 645 as my main medium for landscape photography. It is still representative of the general countryside despite their age and is chosen because of the lovely light and colours as it can still be on the right day.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Banchory, Feugh, River, landscape, Finzean, Clachnaben, Corsedardar, Corsedarder, hill, Dardanus, Pictish, King, AD71, Metallanus, son, brother, death, broken, stone, standing, menhir, repaired, Feughside, Birse, round, burial, Long, Cairn, ancient, mound, stones, pile, pine, forest, Forest, Birse, countryside, rural, nature, summer, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, sun, sunshine, blue, sky, July, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

Kirkton Bourtie Stones 1916828jhp
Bronze Age RSC Stone monolith Circle Kirkton Bourtie Bennachie ancient Scottish Aberdeenshire horizon north of Inverurie off the Oldmeldrum road and easily accessed from the road in a field. Obviously avoid damaging crops although access should be left. Wonderful panoramic views over Aberdeenshire and Donside to the south and west with the hill of Bennachie in centre distance. The general view many years after this photo to Bennachie has been ruined by an inappropriately situated huge metal barn and a good illustration at the thoughtless planning permission rules operated in Aberdeenshire.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Donside, Inverurie, Old, Meldrum, Bennachie, mountain, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, barley, harvest, countryside, wild, clouds, autumn, . September, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

Kirkton Bourtie Stones 1916811jhp
Bronze Age Recumbent Stone Circle Kirkton Bourtie Aberdeenshire Bennachie barley field Scotland ruins horizon north of Inverurie off the Oldmeldrum road and easily accessed from the road in a field. Obviously avoid damaging crops although access should be left. Wonderful panoramic views over Aberdeenshire and Donside to the south and west with the hill of Bennachie in centre distance. The general view many years after this photo to Bennachie has been ruined by an inappropriately situated huge metal barn and a good illustration at the thoughtless planning permission rules operated in Aberdeenshire.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Donside, Inverurie, Old, Meldrum, Bennachie, mountain, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, barley, harvest, countryside, wild, clouds, autumn, . September, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

Glassel Stones 1917336jhp
Glassel Stones stone circle Scotland forest setting sunlight mysterious lies near the Canny Burn or stream opposite to the entrance to Glassel House on the Banchory to Torphins backroad. Accessed through commercial forest it requires some walking through rough ground and after clear felling some 15 years after this photo the ambience of this ancient site has been removed. An early transitional phase after recumbent stone circles with possible evidence of a cist burial lid lying in the centre foreground; it was excavated in 1904.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Banchory, Campfield, Canny, Burn, ridge, Torphins, Glassel, Stone, Setting, Circle, oval, granite, pillars, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, excavation, flint, charcoal, cist, sandstone, lid, ancestors, neolithic, monument, stones, monoliths, sockets, uprights, sacrifice, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, autumn, . September, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

Glassel Stones 1917336Ejhp
Glassel Stones stone circle Aberdeenshire Scotland forest sunlit setting mysterious lies near the Canny Burn or stream opposite to the entrance to Glassel House on the Banchory to Torphins backroad. Accessed through commercial forest it requires some walking through rough ground and after clear felling some 15 years after this photo the ambience of this ancient site has been removed. An early transitional phase after recumbent stone circles with possible evidence of a cist burial lid lying in the centre foreground; it was excavated in 1904.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Banchory, Campfield, Canny, Burn, ridge, Torphins, Glassel, Stone, Setting, Circle, oval, granite, pillars, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, excavation, flint, charcoal, cist, sandstone, lid, ancestors, neolithic, monument, stones, monoliths, sockets, uprights, sacrifice, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, autumn, . September, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

Glassel Stones 1917335jhp
Glassel Stones stone circle Deeside Scottis ancient forest setting mysterious lies near the Canny Burn or stream opposite to the entrance to Glassel House on the Banchory to Torphins backroad. Accessed through commercial forest it requires some walking through rough ground and after clear felling some 15 years after this photo the ambience of this ancient site has been removed. An early transitional phase after recumbent stone circles with possible evidence of a cist burial lid lying in the centre foreground; it was excavated in 1904.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Banchory, Campfield, Canny, Burn, ridge, Torphins, Glassel, Stone, Setting, Circle, oval, granite, pillars, landscape, upright, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, excavation, flint, charcoal, cist, sandstone, lid, ancestors, neolithic, monument, stones, monoliths, sockets, uprights, sacrifice, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, autumn, . September, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

Glassel Stones 1917332jhp
Glassel Stones stone circle Deeside Scotland forest setting mysterious lies near the Canny Burn or stream opposite to the entrance to Glassel House on the Banchory to Torphins backroad. Accessed through commercial forest it requires some walking through rough ground and after clear felling some 15 years after this photo the ambience of this ancient site has been removed. An early transitional phase after recumbent stone circles with possible evidence of a cist burial lid lying in the centre foreground; it was excavated in 1904.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Banchory, Campfield, Canny, Burn, ridge, Torphins, Glassel, Stone, Setting, Circle, oval, granite, pillars, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, excavation, flint, charcoal, cist, sandstone, lid, ancestors, neolithic, monument, stones, monoliths, sockets, uprights, sacrifice, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, autumn, . September, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

Kinord Excavation bnm5680jhp
Old Kinord prehistoric hut circles excavation telescopic pole camera archaeologists Grampian Scotland an excavation with a renewed investigation and assessment of previous excavations undertaken at this area around the shores of Loch Kinord and Davan by Aberdeenshire Council, Edinburgh and Reading Universities in the October of 2016. A prehistoric site of round houses or hut circles and souterrains [earth houses], buried stone lined chambers used for food storage and associated with settled occupation around an adjacent field system with additional food sourced from the lochs. There is a crannog in Loch Kinord. Generally dating from 2nd century BC through to 3rd Century AD little in the way of artefacts has ever been found. However these are substantial structures and a new one was identified in addition to those originally identified and modern techniques such as drone have allowed a more accurate overview of the area to be made and further modern soil and plant life analysis has added to the overall knowledge of the site and this period of man’s early Deeside history. Nearby is of course the very spectacular Bronze Age hilltop Recumbent Stone Circle at Tomnaverie excavated and partially restored by Reading University over two seasons in 1999 and 2000.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Aboyne, Tarland, Lochnagar, Morven, Loch, Kinord, Kinnord, old, new, hut, circles, enclosures, field, system, round, houses, souterrains, earth, houses, Tomnaverie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, archaeologists, dig, digging, trowel, equipment, trench, stones, excavation, investigation, assessment, historical, analysis, modern, techniques, telescopic, pole, Reading, Edinburgh, University, ancestors, antiquity, community, field, system, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, cloudy, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, lake, marshy, forest, silver, birch, DSLR, D700, Nikon, digital, photograph, photo, October, 2016, autumn

Kinord Excavation bnm5679jhp
Old Kinord hut circles round houses excavations archaeology trench digging Grampian Scotland an excavation with a renewed investigation and assessment of previous excavations undertaken at this area around the shores of Loch Kinord and Davan by Aberdeenshire Council, Edinburgh and Reading Universities in the October of 2016. A prehistoric site of round houses or hut circles and souterrains [earth houses], buried stone lined chambers used for food storage and associated with settled occupation around an adjacent field system with additional food sourced from the lochs. There is a crannog in Loch Kinord. Generally dating from 2nd century BC through to 3rd Century AD little in the way of artefacts has ever been found. However these are substantial structures and a new one was identified in addition to those originally identified and modern techniques such as drone have allowed a more accurate overview of the area to be made and further modern soil and plant life analysis has added to the overall knowledge of the site and this period of man’s early Deeside history. Nearby is of course the very spectacular Bronze Age hilltop Recumbent Stone Circle at Tomnaverie excavated and partially restored by Reading University over two seasons in 1999 and 2000.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Aboyne, Tarland, Lochnagar, Morven, Loch, Kinord, Kinnord, old, new, hut, circles, enclosures, field, system, round, houses, souterrains, earth, houses, Tomnaverie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, archaeologists, dig, digging, trowel, equipment, trench, stones, excavation, investigation, assessment, historical, analysis, modern, techniques, Reading, Edinburgh, University, ancestors, antiquity, community, field, system, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, cloudy, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, lake, marshy, forest, silver, birch, DSLR, D700, Nikon, digital, photograph, photo, October, 2016, autumn

Kinord Excavation bnm5678jhp
Old Kinord hut circles houses wall excavation trench digging archaeology Grampian Scotland an excavation with a renewed investigation and assessment of previous excavations undertaken at this area around the shores of Loch Kinord and Davan by Aberdeenshire Council, Edinburgh and Reading Universities in the October of 2016. A prehistoric site of round houses or hut circles and souterrains [earth houses], buried stone lined chambers used for food storage and associated with settled occupation around an adjacent field system with additional food sourced from the lochs. There is a crannog in Loch Kinord. Generally dating from 2nd century BC through to 3rd Century AD little in the way of artefacts has ever been found. However these are substantial structures and a new one was identified in addition to those originally identified and modern techniques such as drone have allowed a more accurate overview of the area to be made and further modern soil and plant life analysis has added to the overall knowledge of the site and this period of man’s early Deeside history. Nearby is of course the very spectacular Bronze Age hilltop Recumbent Stone Circle at Tomnaverie excavated and partially restored by Reading University over two seasons in 1999 and 2000.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Aboyne, Tarland, Lochnagar, Morven, Loch, Kinord, Kinnord, old, new, hut, circles, enclosures, field, system, round, houses, souterrains, earth, houses, Tomnaverie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, archaeologists, dig, digging, trowel, equipment, trench, stones, excavation, investigation, assessment, historical, analysis, modern, techniques, Reading, Edinburgh, University, ancestors, antiquity, community, field, system, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, cloudy, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, lake, marshy, forest, silver, birch, DSLR, D700, Nikon, digital, photograph, photo, October, 2016, autumn

Kinord Excavation bnm5677jhp
Old Kinord round houses excavation trench wall archaeologists moving stone Deeside Scotland an excavation with a renewed investigation and assessment of previous excavations undertaken at this area around the shores of Loch Kinord and Davan by Aberdeenshire Council, Edinburgh and Reading Universities in the October of 2016. A prehistoric site of round houses or hut circles and souterrains [earth houses], buried stone lined chambers used for food storage and associated with settled occupation around an adjacent field system with additional food sourced from the lochs. There is a crannog in Loch Kinord. Generally dating from 2nd century BC through to 3rd Century AD little in the way of artefacts has ever been found. However these are substantial structures and a new one was identified in addition to those originally identified and modern techniques such as drone have allowed a more accurate overview of the area to be made and further modern soil and plant life analysis has added to the overall knowledge of the site and this period of man’s early Deeside history. Nearby is of course the very spectacular Bronze Age hilltop Recumbent Stone Circle at Tomnaverie excavated and partially restored by Reading University over two seasons in 1999 and 2000.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Aboyne, Tarland, Lochnagar, Morven, Loch, Kinord, Kinnord, old, new, hut, circles, enclosures, field, system, round, houses, souterrains, earth, houses, Tomnaverie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, archaeologists, equipment, trench, stones, excavation, investigation, assessment, historical, analysis, modern, techniques, Reading, Edinburgh, University, ancestors, antiquity, community, field, system, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, cloudy, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, lake, marshy, forest, silver, birch, DSLR, D700, Nikon, digital, photograph, photo, October, 2016, autumn

Kinord Excavation bnm5676jhp
Old Kinord hut circles excavation trench overgrown Scottish prehistoric archaeology Grampian Scotland an excavation with a renewed investigation and assessment of previous excavations undertaken at this area around the shores of Loch Kinord and Davan by Aberdeenshire Council, Edinburgh and Reading Universities in the October of 2016. A prehistoric site of round houses or hut circles and souterrains [earth houses], buried stone lined chambers used for food storage and associated with settled occupation around an adjacent field system with additional food sourced from the lochs. There is a crannog in Loch Kinord. Generally dating from 2nd century BC through to 3rd Century AD little in the way of artefacts has ever been found. However these are substantial structures and a new one was identified in addition to those originally identified and modern techniques such as drone have allowed a more accurate overview of the area to be made and further modern soil and plant life analysis has added to the overall knowledge of the site and this period of man’s early Deeside history. Nearby is of course the very spectacular Bronze Age hilltop Recumbent Stone Circle at Tomnaverie excavated and partially restored by Reading University over two seasons in 1999 and 2000.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Aboyne, Tarland, Lochnagar, Morven, Loch, Kinord, Kinnord, old, new, hut, circles, enclosures, field, system, round, houses, souterrains, earth, houses, Tomnaverie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, archaeologists, equipment, trench, stones, excavation, investigation, assessment, historical, analysis, modern, techniques, Reading, Edinburgh, University, ancestors, antiquity, community, field, system, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, cloudy, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, lake, marshy, forest, silver, birch, DSLR, D700, Nikon, digital, photograph, photo, October, 2016, autumn

Kinord Excavation bnm5675jhp
Old Kinord hut circles roundhouses woodland stone walls large Deeside Grampian Scotland an excavation with a renewed investigation and assessment of previous excavations undertaken at this area around the shores of Loch Kinord and Davan by Aberdeenshire Council, Edinburgh and Reading Universities in the October of 2016. A prehistoric site of round houses or hut circles and souterrains [earth houses], buried stone lined chambers used for food storage and associated with settled occupation around an adjacent field system with additional food sourced from the lochs. There is a crannog in Loch Kinord. Generally dating from 2nd century BC through to 3rd Century AD little in the way of artefacts has ever been found. However these are substantial structures and a new one was identified in addition to those originally identified and modern techniques such as drone have allowed a more accurate overview of the area to be made and further modern soil and plant life analysis has added to the overall knowledge of the site and this period of man’s early Deeside history. Nearby is of course the very spectacular Bronze Age hilltop Recumbent Stone Circle at Tomnaverie excavated and partially restored by Reading University over two seasons in 1999 and 2000.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Aboyne, Tarland, Lochnagar, Morven, Loch, Kinord, Kinnord, old, new, hut, circles, enclosures, field, system, round, houses, souterrains, earth, houses, Tomnaverie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, archaeologists, equipment, trench, stones, excavation, investigation, assessment, historical, analysis, modern, techniques, Reading, Edinburgh, University, ancestors, antiquity, community, field, system, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, cloudy, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, lake, marshy, forest, silver, birch, DSLR, D700, Nikon, digital, photograph, photo, October, 2016, autumn

Kinord Excavation bnm5674jhp
Old Kinord hut circles round houses stones entrance prehistoric history archaeology Grampian Scotland an excavation with a renewed investigation and assessment of previous excavations undertaken at this area around the shores of Loch Kinord and Davan by Aberdeenshire Council, Edinburgh and Reading Universities in the October of 2016. A prehistoric site of round houses or hut circles and souterrains [earth houses], buried stone lined chambers used for food storage and associated with settled occupation around an adjacent field system with additional food sourced from the lochs. There is a crannog in Loch Kinord. Generally dating from 2nd century BC through to 3rd Century AD little in the way of artefacts has ever been found. However these are substantial structures and a new one was identified in addition to those originally identified and modern techniques such as drone have allowed a more accurate overview of the area to be made and further modern soil and plant life analysis has added to the overall knowledge of the site and this period of man’s early Deeside history. Nearby is of course the very spectacular Bronze Age hilltop Recumbent Stone Circle at Tomnaverie excavated and partially restored by Reading University over two seasons in 1999 and 2000.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Aboyne, Tarland, Lochnagar, Morven, Loch, Kinord, Kinnord, old, new, hut, circles, enclosures, field, system, round, houses, souterrains, earth, houses, Tomnaverie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, archaeologists, equipment, trench, stones, excavation, investigation, assessment, historical, analysis, modern, techniques, Reading, Edinburgh, University, ancestors, antiquity, community, field, system, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, cloudy, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, lake, marshy, forest, silver, birch, DSLR, D700, Nikon, digital, photograph, photo, October, 2016, autumn

Kinord Excavation bnm5672jhp
Old Kinord hut circles round houses excavation prehistoric archaeology Deeside Grampian Scotland an excavation with a renewed investigation and assessment of previous excavations undertaken at this area around the shores of Loch Kinord and Davan by Aberdeenshire Council, Edinburgh and Reading Universities in the October of 2016. A prehistoric site of round houses or hut circles and souterrains [earth houses], buried stone lined chambers used for food storage and associated with settled occupation around an adjacent field system with additional food sourced from the lochs. There is a crannog in Loch Kinord. Generally dating from 2nd century BC through to 3rd Century AD little in the way of artefacts has ever been found. However these are substantial structures and a new one was identified in addition to those originally identified and modern techniques such as drone have allowed a more accurate overview of the area to be made and further modern soil and plant life analysis has added to the overall knowledge of the site and this period of man’s early Deeside history. Nearby is of course the very spectacular Bronze Age hilltop Recumbent Stone Circle at Tomnaverie excavated and partially restored by Reading University over two seasons in 1999 and 2000.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Aboyne, Tarland, Lochnagar, Morven, Loch, Kinord, Kinnord, old, new, hut, circles, enclosures, field, system, round, houses, souterrains, earth, houses, Tomnaverie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, archaeologists, equipment, trench, stones, excavation, investigation, assessment, historical, analysis, modern, techniques, Reading, Edinburgh, University, ancestors, antiquity, community, field, system, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, cloudy, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, lake, marshy, forest, silver, birch, DSLR, D700, Nikon, digital, photograph, photo, October, 2016, autumn

Maidenstone East Face asd8367jhp
Maiden Stone Cross-slab Scottish Pictish Christian symbol carved ancient east face 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. Note the exif in this image shows 2012-it should be 2013.
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Maidenstone East Face asd8364jhp
Maiden Stone Cross-slab east face roadside Aberdeenshire Scotland Pictish Christian symbol 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. Note the exif in this image shows 2012-it should be 2013.
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