Aboyne stone circle
The stone circle of Aboyne ( English Aboyne Stone Circle - also called Image Wood) is located in a forest north of the River Dee in Aberdeenshire in Scotland . A beaten path leads from the local cemetery in Aboyne to the circle about 150 m away.
It is an extremely small stone circle made up of five stones. The inside diameter is only about three meters. The stones stand and are very massive. The two stones on the north side are very close together. The northernmost stone is inclined slightly to the north, and although it is firmly anchored, this position cannot be in situ . Without this stone, it could be a four poster stone circle or a small stone circle of the transition period, as described by Burl (1971).
Four Poster Stones are notable for their limited distribution. They belong to a class monument, which, as its name suggests, consists of at least four standing stones that form the corners of a square or rectangle, so the term county (English circle ) seems absurd. Excavations have shown, however, that the square stone settings are remnants of former stone circles. If more than four stones are preserved, the four corner stones protrude in size.
A very small mound of earth surrounds the bases of all the stones, making the interior appear slightly higher than the level of the exterior surface. During an excavation only black earth and ash were found.
literature
- Aubrey Burl: The stone circles of the British Isles. Yale University Press, London and New Haven 1976, ISBN 0-300-01972-6 .
- Aubrey Burl: A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press, New Haven 1995, ISBN 0-300-06331-8 .
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Coordinates: 57 ° 4 ′ 48.5 " N , 2 ° 47 ′ 13.8" W.