Cothiemuir Wood
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Cothiemuir Wood (also called Devil's Hoofmarks ; German "des Teufels Hufspur" ) on Cothiemuir Hill near Keig in Aberdeenshire in Scotland is the remainder of a stone circle of the Recumbent Stone Circle (RSC) type, in a clearing in the forest. A characteristic of the RSC is a "lying stone" accompanied by two standing, high, often tapering "flank stones" that are located within the circle or close to the circle.
description
Some of the once 12 red granite circular stones are standing, others are tilted, broken or missing. The resting stone made of basalt with bowls ( English cups ) weighs about 20 tons and is the second longest of its kind at 4.2 m (longer are those from Old Keig and from the stone circle Kirkton of Bourtie ). The flank stones are 2.7 and 2.9 m high. In the center of the circle, about 20.0 m in diameter, there is a pit, which is covered by a granite block of about 1.2 × 1.5 m.
The circles of this type date to the end of the Neolithic or the beginning of the Bronze Age . In recent years, Richard Bradley in particular has done research on the genre.
Nearby are the more disturbed Deer Park and Whitehill stone circles.
The stone circles on the River Dee
The Deeside Stone Circles form a group of Recumbent Stone Circle (RSC). About 100 of them were born between 2500 and 1500 BC. In Aberdeenshire. The ensembles of the "resting stones" are usually in the southeast and (usually) on the course of the ring.
literature
- R. Bradley, S. Arrowsmith & T. Phillips: Excavations at Cothiemuir Wood . In: R. Bradley (Ed.): The Moon and the Bonfire. An investigation of three stone circles in north-east Scotland. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh 2005, pp. 53-77.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Bradley excavated Cothiemuir Wood in 2001
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Coordinates: 57 ° 16 '2.6 " N , 2 ° 38' 11.1" W.