Stone circles by Eslie
The Eslie Stone Circles (also Esslie ) in Aberdeenshire are closely neighboring Recumbent Stone Circles (RSC) south and south-east of Eslie and Banchory in Aberdeenshire in Scotland .
Eslie the Greater or Eslie South
The larger is about 700 meters northwest of Garrol Wood . ( Location ) It has been robbed of some of its circle stones - only five have survived - and the side stones of the "lying one" have also been chipped off. The ring cairn in the center is well preserved and connected to the bedrock. The edges in the north and east are damaged by later dams, which were probably built with stones from the circle.
Eslie the Lesser or Eslie North
The smaller one, Eslie the Lesser, is about 900 meters north of Garrol Wood and is badly damaged. ( Location ) Only five low circle stones, a small rock in the south and traces of an internal ring cairn are preserved.
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
- Aubrey Burl: The Stone Circles of the British Isles . Yale University Press, New Haven CT et al. 1976, ISBN 0-300-01972-6 .
- Anna Ritchie: Scotland BC. An introduction to the prehistoric houses, tombs, ceremonial monuments and fortifications in the care of the Secretary of State for Scotland . Scottish Development Dept., Edinburgh 1989, ISBN 0-11-493427-4 .
- A. Welfare: Great Crowns of Stone (2011) RCAHMS
- C. Richards: Building the Great Stone Circles of the North (2013) Windgather Press
- R. Bradley: The Moon and the Bonfire: An Investigation of Three Stone Circles in NE Scotland (2005) Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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