Old Bourtreebush
The Old Bourtreebush stone circle (also called Auld Bourtreebush or Auchquorthies South) is a badly damaged stone circle (RSC - circle with lying stone). It stands west of the A90 , about 200 meters from Auchquorthies on a low hill, about 200 meters south of Old Bourtreebush House, west of Portlethen near Stonehaven in the Cammachmore region of Kincardineshire in Scotland .
In 1987 there were four stones between 1.2 and 2.7 m tall, one lying on the ground and another nearby. A stone has a strange shape, but whether it is natural is unknown. The circle stands on a raised platform, the surface is strewn with small boulders. Evidence of a ring cairn was found inside.
The circle is described as unusual by Audrey Burl. The 3.5 m long “recumbent”, if it is a recumbent, lies on the southeast side instead of the southwest side, while the widest megalith in the district is on the south side . The height gradation of the circle stones is also unusual. The stone circle is approximately 26.0 m in diameter and is located near the Causey Mounth, an old road that connects the Scottish lowlands with the highlands.
In addition to the prehistory associated with the construction of the stone circle, there is a medieval story associated with the position of the circle at Causey Mounth. Auld Bourtreebush is very close to the old road which was built on high ground to connect the coastal towns south of Stonehaven with Aberdeen. The route crossed the River Dee (where the current Dee Bridge is) and ran south through Portlethen Moss, Muchalls Castle and Stonehaven. The route is that used by William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal , and the Marquess of Montrose when they led a Covenanter army of 9,000 men in the Civil War in 1639 .
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
- G. Currie: Old Bourtreebush, Aberdeenshire (Banchory-Devenick parish), Stone circle, cup mark , Discovery Excav Scot, vol. 8, 2007. Cathedral Communications Limited, Wiltshire, England. P. 11
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Coordinates: 57 ° 3 '20.7 " N , 2 ° 9' 38.1" W.