Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
Aviemore Ring Cairn & Stone Circle
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Places to see in ( Aviemore - UK )
Places to see in ( Aviemore - UK )
Aviemore is a town in the Cairngorms National Park, in the Scottish Highlands. It’s known for its close proximity to the secluded lochs, ancient forest, mountain trails and ski runs of the surrounding parkland. Near town, the funicular at the CairnGorm Mountain resort has panoramic views of the Cairngorms mountain range. Southwest, Highland Wildlife Park’s inhabitants include Scottish wildcats and capercaillie birds.
Aviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm Mountains. There are excellent views of the Cairngorms from various places within the town, especially from the railway station. The Aviemore stone circle is located within a residential neighbourhood of the town.
Aviemore lies on the B9152 (the old A9 road since the main road from Inverness to Perth was rebuilt further west in 1980). Aviemore railway station is on the Highland Main Line and Aviemore is also the southern terminus of the Strathspey Railway, a heritage railway.
The Cairngorm Mountain Railway, which opened in 2001, is the highest railway in the United Kingdom. The two-kilometre long funicular ascends the northern slopes of Cairn Gorm, the United Kingdom's sixth-highest mountain, serving the Cairngorm Mountain ski resort. The route and ski area are located within the Cairngorms National Park, the largest National Nature Reserve in Britain, located near Aviemore in the Highland council area of Scotland.
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Cairngorms
Rothiemurchus Forest
Loch an Eilein
Loch Morlich
Highland Wildlife Park
Aviemore Ring Cairn and Stone Circle
CairnGorm Mountain
Strathspey Steam Railway
TreeZone Aviemore
Rothiemurchus
Cairngorm Reindeer Herd
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3 MILES WEST OF INVERURIE, IS THE BEST KNOWN RECUMBENT STONE CIRCLE IN ABERDEENSHIRE. EAST AQUHORTHIES IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESERVED & COMPLETE CIRCLES IN GRAMPIAN. IT IS A MUST VISIT SITE WHICH OUR ANCESTORS ERECTED IN THE 3RD MILLENNIUM BC. THE CIRCLE IS IN STATE CARE & HAS A CAR PARK THEN A 400M WALK TO THE RING. THE NAME EASTER AQUHORTHIES TRANSLATES FROM GAELIC AS ‘FIELD OF PRAYER’ OR ‘FIELD OF PILLAR’.
THE RING IS MADE UP OF 11 STANDING STONES & A RECUMBENT. OUR ANCESTORS CHOSE AN ARRANGEMENT OF DIFFERENT COLOURED STONES. THEY ALSO CAREFULLY POSITIONED EASTER AQUHORTHIES SO MITHER TAP IS CLEARLY SEEN TO THE NW (THIS HILL RESEMBLES A FEMALE BREAST). THE DIAMETER IS AROUND 20M & IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECUMBENT CIRCLES.
THE RECUMBENT IS AROUND 4M LONG X 1.5M HIGH. THIS HUGE MEGALITH IS MADE OF RED GRANITE FROM NEAR BENNACHIE. THE EXTERNAL SURFACE HAS BEEN SMOOTHED OFF & LINES OF QUARTZ ARE VISIBLE. TWO STONE BLOCKS SITTING AT RIGHT ANGLES AT THE INTERIOR FACE OF THE RECUMBENT IS AN UNUSUAL FEATURE. THESE STONES MIGHT BE SUPPORTING THE RECUMBENT FROM TIPPING OR POSSIBLY HAVE SOME RITUAL ALTER OR SACRED SPACE FOR A NEOLITHIC ASTRONOMER PRIESTESS. THERE IS A SIMILAR FEATURE AT ALDAIR STONE CIRCLE.
THE RECUMBENT IS ORIENTATED SSW, AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE THE SUN SETS IN THE SW. THE PURPOSE OF THE RECUMBENT MIGHT BE SYMBOLICALLY BLOCKING OUT THE DYING SUN ON THE SOLSTICE. IT IS THOUGHT THE RECUMBENT & FLANKERS ACT AS A FRAME TO WATCH THE MOON SETTING OR RISING IN THE SOUTHERN SKY. THE POSITION OF THE RECUMBENT SETTING IS SLIGHTLY INSIDE THE CIRCLES CIRCUMFERENCE. THIS WAS NOTICED BY SCOTTISH ARCHAEOASTRONOMER ALEXANDER THOM WHO MEASURED THE RING IN 1957 & FOUND A TRUE CIRCLE.
THE TWO FLANKERS EITHER SIDE OF THE RECUMBENT ARE THE TALLEST STONES IN THE CIRCLE. THEY ARE MADE FROM GREY GRANITE. THE WEST FLANKER IS THE HIGHEST AT ROUGHLY 2.5M, IT IS ALSO THE THINNER STONE. NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE OUTER FACE IS THREE CUP MARKS & A POSSIBLE FORTH. THE WEST FLANKER RESEMBLES A MALE PHALUS WHEN VIEWED FROM THE SE. THE EAST FLANKER IS SLIGHTLY SHORTER & MAY BE THE FEMALE STONE.
THE STANDING STONES ARE EVENLY SPACED & SHOW GEOLOGICAL VARIATIONS. THE MEGALITH IN THE SE ARC IS RED JASPER. IT IS THOUGHT TO HAVE HEALING OR MAGICAL QUALITIES IF TOUCHED. ON THE WESTERN ARC IS A SMALL STONE WHICH SEEMS TO POINT TO THE SACRED HILL OF MITHER TAP. A NW ARC STONE IS DIAMOND SHAPED, THIS RESEMBLES FEMALE STONES AT AVEBURY & THE HURLERS IN ENGLAND. THE STONES WERE CLEANED IN 1985 EXPOSING PREVIOUSLY UNNOTICED COLOURING.
THE STONE DYKE, LOW BANK WHICH SURROUNDS THE CIRCLE WAS ADDED AROUND 1847 TO 1867. THERE IS A 0.25M HIGH LOW BUMP IN THE CENTRAL AREA. THIS SUGGESTS A RING CAIRN. A CIST WAS REFERENCED IN 1934. THE CIRCLES ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES WAS EXPLORED BY AARON WATSON & DAVID KEATING. IN THE RINGS PRESENT STATE THE ARCHITECTURE INFLUENCES THE SOUND IN THE CIRCLE. THE FIRST RECORD OF EASTER AQUHORTIES WAS IN 1769 IN AN ESTATE PLAN BY JOHN HOME. RECUMBENT STONE CIRCLES ARE ALSO FOUND IN SW IRELAND. CHECK OUT THE STONES OF WONDER WEB PAGE FOR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS.
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