Loanhead stone circles by Garlor
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Description
Near Inverurie ,Aberdeenshire Scotland
It is a lovely location, the woodland is preserved as a Scout camp location.Very peaceful .The air photo was taken on Wednesday.
The 10 stones and recumbent are set in a circle 19.5 m in diameter: the area had been levelled before the stones were erected.
Around each standing stone are small stone settings, some of which contained cremation burials and fragments of deliberately smashed pottery.
Within the circle is a very low cairn with a pronounced kerb and a 'reserved' area around the recumbent.
The excavation of 1934 revealed:
a fire marked patch in the centre of the circle, beneath the cairn
a 500mm (2") thick layer of black earth and charcoal over the whole central area
patches of burnt bones of adults' and infants' skulls
Another area of cremation burials is to be found beside the circle. The two low curved dykes and small stone piles represent an enclosed cremation cemetery of the Bronze Age. Excavation revealed cremated burials in urns beneath the little cairns and a central burial consisting of the cremated body of a man laid straight in a slight hollow beneath his funeral pyre.
Comments (8)
DarkStormCrow
Excellent shot!
beachzz
Beautiful, especially with the soft colors of the trees!!
PSDuck
Splendid photo; thanks for the historical info. That puts everything into focus. I appreciate it a lot.
durleybeachbum
Marvellous! such interesting info. Lucky scouts!
tallpindo
Why didn't the Romans discover this? Now that it is disturbed what will folks in 300 years think?
MrsRatbag
Great shot and history!
Broken_Sword
Great shot and fascinating to get the background history.
mermaid
wow fascinating