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Balquhain Stone Circle, is a recumbent stone circle (RSC). The circle originally consisted of 12 stones. Four remain standing, with another four fallen, the final four presumed to have been moved. The recumbent altar stone is 3.8 metres wide, 1.7 metres high and 1.05 metres deep, it has been estimated to weigh over ten tonnes. It is made of a type of white grained granite that has been suggested to have been brought some distance to the location.The eastern flanker stone is 2 metres, the western flanker stone is 2.25 metres high. The circle has been estimated to have been between 18 metres to 21 metres in diameter. The most spectacular stone here is not part of the circle. It is the massive 3.2 m high, triangular, tapered outlier made of white quartz, which stands about 3.5 m outside the circle.

Easter Aquhorthies stone circle is one of the best-preserved examples of a recumbent stone circle (RSC) and one of the few that still have their full complement of stones and the only one that has all its stones still standing without having been re-erected. The circle has a diameter of 19.5 metres. Eight of the stones are made of pink porphyry, the ninth is made of red jasper. The two tall stones flanking the horizontal stone are made of grey granite and the large resting stone itself is made of red granite. The recumbent and the flanker stones

Easter Aquhorthies stone circle is one of the best-preserved examples of a recumbent stone circle (RSC) and one of the few that still have their full complement of stones and the only one that has all its stones still standing without having been re-erected. The circle has a diameter of 19.5 metres. Eight of the stones are made of pink porphyry, the ninth is made of red jasper. The two tall stones flanking the horizontal stone are made of grey granite and the large resting stone itself is made of red granite. In the back the recumbent and the flanker stones

Easter Aquhorthies stone circle is one of the best-preserved examples of a recumbent stone circle (RSC) and one of the few that still have their full complement of stones and the only one that has all its stones still standing without having been re-erected. The circle has a diameter of 19.5 metres. Eight of the stones are made of pink porphyry, the ninth is made of red jasper. The two tall stones flanking the horizontal stone are made of grey granite and the large resting stone itself is made of red granite.

The stone circle of Loanhead of Daviot is a recumbent stone circle (= RSC). The RSC is characterized by a "recumbent stone" accompanied by two standing, tall, "flank stones" that are located inside or near the circle. The circle consists of eight stones plus the accompanying stones on either side of the 12-ton "resting stone". The height of the stones in the circle increases towards the resting stone. The circle has had a detached interior lined with stones since the end of the 3rd millennium. It contained broken pottery and deposits of cremated remains. There were ceremonial activities here for about 15 centuries, from about 3000 BC, when the stone circle was built, until about 1500 BC, when the subsequent cremation cemetery fell into disuse. Next to the circle, within a low stone enclosure, lies a later cremation burial. Its central pit held the partially burnt bones of a man. 20 pits with cremated remains, some in urns, the rest in small pits, were found around it. They were from 31 people, including children.

The stone circle of Loanhead of Daviot is a recumbent stone circle (= RSC). The RSC is characterized by a "recumbent stone" accompanied by two standing, tall, "flank stones" that are located inside or near the circle. The circle consists of eight stones plus the accompanying stones on either side of the 12-ton "resting stone". The height of the stones in the circle increases towards the resting stone. The circle has had a detached interior lined with stones since the end of the 3rd millennium. It contained broken pottery and deposits of cremated remains. There were ceremonial activities here for about 15 centuries, from about 3000 BC, when the stone circle was built, until about 1500 BC, when the subsequent cremation cemetery fell into disuse.

The stone circle of Loanhead of Daviot is a recumbent stone circle (= RSC). The RSC is characterized by a "recumbent stone" accompanied by two standing, tall, "flank stones" that are located inside or near the circle. The circle consists of eight stones plus the accompanying stones on either side of the 12-ton "resting stone". The height of the stones in the circle increases towards the resting stone. The circle has had a detached interior lined with stones since the end of the 3rd millennium. It contained broken pottery and deposits of cremated remains. There were ceremonial activities here for about 15 centuries, from about 3000 BC, when the stone circle was built, until about 1500 BC, when the subsequent cremation cemetery fell into disuse.

The stone circle of Loanhead of Daviot is a recumbent stone circle (= RSC). The RSC is characterized by a "recumbent stone" accompanied by two standing, tall, "flank stones" that are located inside or near the circle. The circle consists of eight stones plus the accompanying stones on either side of the 12-ton "resting stone". The height of the stones in the circle increases towards the resting stone. The circle has had a detached interior lined with stones since the end of the 3rd millennium. It contained broken pottery and deposits of cremated remains. There were ceremonial activities here for about 15 centuries, from about 3000 BC, when the stone circle was built, until about 1500 BC, when the subsequent cremation cemetery fell into disuse.