Clune Wood Stone Circle, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
A journey through Scotland's ancient sites
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INTRO
6.5 MILES EAST OF BANCHORY, OUR NEOLITHIC ANCESTORS ERECTED A STONE CIRCLE ON TOP OF A HILL IN CLUNE WOOD. THIS RECUMBENT CIRCLE IS JUST ONE OF 100 RECORDED RINGS IN NE SCOTLAND. THE SITE WAS SCHEDULED IN 1925. FOR 5000 YEARS CLUNE WOOD STONE CIRCLE HAS STOOD STILL, STANDING THE TEST OF TIME.
OVERVIEW
THE RING HAS A DIAMETER OF ROUGHLY 17M, THE CIRCLE RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL NINE STONES, THE THREE STONE RECUMBENT SETTING, THE SIX STONE RING HAS TWO FALLEN MEGALITHS TO THE NE & SW. THE NNE STONE IS NOW REDUCED TO A STUMP. DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE CIRCLE, ON THE EASTERN SIDE IS A RING CAIRN.
RECUMBENT
THE SSE ORIENTATED, GREY GRANITE RECUMBENT STONE, IS OVER 9 TONNES. IT IS AROUND 3M LONG & JUST OVER 1M HIGH. THE SUMMIT OF THE RECUMBENT RISES TOWARDS THE EAST.
THE TWO FLANKERS ARE STILL ERECT. THESE PILLARS ARE AROUND 1.5M IN HEIGHT. SCOTTISH ARCHAEOASTRONOMER ALEXANDER THOM VISITED IN 1962 AND MEASURED A TRUE CIRCLE.
CAIRN
THE CAIRN TO THE EAST & DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE CIRCLE, IS VERY DISTURBED. IT HAS A DIAMETER OF AROUND 10M X 1M HIGH. THERE IS A CENTRAL COURT WITH A DIAMETER OF JUST OVER 2M. THE INNERMOST KERB HAS THIRTEEN STONES, STILL IN PLACE. A SHORT DISTANCE BEHIND THE CIRCLE IS THE TWO CLUNE WOOD CAIRNS.
BANCHORY AND THE RIVER DEE. ABERDEENSHIRE. SCOTLAND.
The River Dee (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Dhè) is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It rises in the Cairngorms and flows through South Aberdeenshire to reach the North Sea at Aberdeen.
Banchory is a fine Scottish town or 'burgh' lying approximately 20 miles west of Aberdeen adjacent to the magnificent River Dee. It is surrounded by lovely rural countryside and attractive hills. The largest town in the area, it acts as a magnet for the local communities and has a fine High Street and other excellent facilities. For the visitor, the town has much to offer with two famous castles nearby, Crathes and Drum -both run by the National Trust for Scotland. The Bridge of Feugh offers the chance to see salmon leaping and there are numerous fine golf courses, at one of which Paul Lawrie, winner of the (British) Open in 1999 was trainee professional.
Note: The core content contained in the above combined articles, was originally written several A.N. Others + myself, then combined. It was all re-formatted, re-edited, with the spelling & grammar corrected, then added to where pertinent, before being updated by me, myself, and I, to suit this subject matter more exclusively.
Thank you to all those involved.
Druidstone Stone Circle, Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
A journey through Scotland's ancient sites
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SOUTH OF INSCH IS A RUINOUS & LITTLE KNOWN STONE CIRCLE CALLED DRUIDSTONE. THIS ANCIENT RING SITS ON PRIVATE LAND. ABERDEENSHIRE WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR PREHISTORIC ANCESTORS. THEY BUILT MORE STONE CIRCLES IN NE SCOTLAND THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE UK.
OVERVIEW
PRESENTLY DRUIDSTONE HAS SIX STANDING STONES, TWO ARE POSSIBLE FLANKERS & AN OUTLINER. SEVERAL OTHER BOULDERS CAN BE SEEN AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE HOWEVER, THE NORTH ARC HAS NO STONES.
DRUIDSTONE IS SITUATED ON A MAIN TERRACE EDGE, WHICH LOOKS SE. THE CIRCLES DIAMETER IS AROUND 15.5M. ORIGINALLY THE RING WOULD PROBABLY HAVE 11 UPRIGHTS. INSIDE THE CIRCLE IS A 0.5M HIGH CAIRN WITH PIECES OF WHITE QUARTZ.
RECUMBENT
THE RECUMBENT STONE NO LONGER EXISTS. IT IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN UP, REMOVED THEN MADE INTO SEVEN LAND ROLLERS. ON THE SW ARC IS MENT TO BE THE TWO FLANKER STONES. THE EAST PILLAR IS 2.5M HIGH & THE WEST FLANK IS SMALLER. THERE IS A GAP OF 3M & A BOULDER BETWEEN THEM.
OUTLINER
OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE TO THE NORTH IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN OUTLINER. THIS DARK GREY GRANITE MEGALITH IS OVER 2M HIGH & SITS ROUGHLY 8M FROM THE CIRCLES CIRCUMFERENCE.
VARIOUS
ALEXANDER LAING RECORDED THE FIRST MENTION OF DRUIDSTONE IN 1828. THE 1866-67 OS MAP SHOWS A SUPPOSED SITE OF A DRUIDICAL VILLAGE TO THE NW. IN 1901 A FARMER SAID BURNT BONES & URNS WERE SOMETIMES FOUND DURING PLOWING TO THE WEST OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE.
West Country- Avebury || A Peek into Neolithic Britain.
Covering this location was really fun for me. One too many times i crossed the village and talked about it. Finally I got the chance to make this video.
I hope you all like it.
There have been some crazy stories about the appearance of the Phantom of Florrie! Do give this video a thumbs up if you liked it, and let me know in the comments down below if i should spend a night in the hotel. Do let me know if you would like more such videos!
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Music-
Jacob's Pillow - Post Neolithic
Video set to Post Neolithic from the 2012 album Jacob's Pillow.
Stone Circles and neolithic sites featured in this video -
FRANCE:
Carnac
Gavrinis Cairn
Er Lannic
Grand Menhir Brise
ENGLAND:
Avebury
Stonehenge
SCOTLAND:
The Dwarfie Stane
The Ring of Brodgar
Callanish I, II and III
Sunhoney
Tomnaverie
East Aquhorthies
Cullerlie
Nine Stanes (Garrol Wood)
Musicians:
Lucy Hague - Electric Piano
Gaz Laidlaw - Electric Guitar
Danny Dewar - Drums
Adam Sutherland - Fiddle
Tom Pickles - Flute
Tam Lee - Vox and Acoustic Guitar
Danny Mason - Bass
Gaelic, Scottish audio: gla_word-list_1997_15
Gaelic, Scottish (gla) audio: gla_word-list_1997_15
Language family: Indo-European; Middle Indo-European; Late Indo-European; Celtic; Insular Celtic; Goidelic; Primitive Irish; Old Irish;
Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Date: 2/5/1996
Description: Language Gaelic, Scottish. gla_word-list_1997_01.html, enties: 1 - 38
Contributor: Neil Macaulay
UCLA Phonetics Archive
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Brits hit by floods as torrential rain washes out weekend – with more to come
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