Stone circle from thorax
The Thorax stone circle is on the farm of the same name on Culvie Hill, northwest of Aberchirder in Aberdeenshire in Scotland .
The asymmetrical stone circle consists of six 1.3 to 1.8 m high stones, which stand on a low ring wall of head-sized stones. The West stone has on one side 22 bowl ( English cups ). The largest is 10 cm in diameter and 2.5 cm deep. 17.6 meters west of the circle is an almost buried stone with a bowl on top.
There are many stone circles nearby, including the Rothiemay stone circle .
literature
- Frederick Rhenius Coles: Report on stone circles surveyed in the North-East of Scotland, chiefly in Banffshire, with measured plans and drawings, obtained under the Gunning Fellowship , Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol. 40, 1906.
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Coordinates: 57 ° 34 ′ 57.5 " N , 2 ° 42 ′ 1.3" W.