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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STONE CIRCLE (Remains of) [Crichie] | Druidical Temple Druidical Temple Druidical Temple |
Mr Alexander Watt, Kintore Mr Thomas Tait Mr Andrew Reit |
054 | "The curious circle at Crichie, in the immediate neighbourhood of the sculptured pillar on Plate 1a, has been described in the notices of the plates. P6. [Plate 6] The circle is surrounded by a moat twenty feet wide and six deep, with two entrances of nine feet wide, carried across the moat on the north and south sides. Originally, the circle had consisted of six stones, besides one in the centre. Of these, two only are now standing, one on each side of the north entrance to the circle. The other stones were used for building purposes many years ago. Sepulchral deposits were found near the site of all the stones. On digging about one of them on the north side, an urn was found inverted, having a small flat stone above it, and another below it, and filled with calcined bones. This urn was about a foot in height, narrowed at the top, and having diagonal lines on the narrow rim for ornament. Near the base of another stone on the same side of the circle, was found embedded in clay, a circular cist about nine inches in diameter and a foot deep, filled with calcined bones. This cist was shaped like an urn, and was lined with small stones, evidently broken for the purpose. Close to this pit was found a Stone Celt, perforated by a hole for the handle and at a little distance from this, a deposit of calcined bones uninclosed and somewhat further to the south an urn. On digging on the south side of the spot where a stone had formerly stood, a small stone cist, nearly square was found, being about eleven inches by nine, and about sixteen inches deep, with small flat stones at the bottom, and half filled with remains of bones. Close to the former site of another stone now removed, was found an urn of better workmanship than that formerly referred to, about three and a half inches in width at the bottom, and widening towards the top, where it measured about seven and a half inches. At the neck, which was narrowed, there are some traces of ornament of angular pattern, consisting of diagonal lines crossing each other like a St. Andrew's Cross. It was filled with calcined bones, some of them, those of animals. Close to the former site of a fifth stone was found a circular deposit of bones in a clay bed, without cist or urn. On digging about the spot wher a sixth stone had stood, it appeared that a deposit had been buried near it [Continued on page 18] |
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[Page] 17Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore
STONE CIRCLE
Altered to Stone Circle in accordance with order from Southampton. dated 10th dec. 1864 [TL]
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