Easter Aquhorthies is a really beautiful example of the North East's recumbent stone circles. Constructed around 3000BC the stones have been selected from different types of rock: pink granite, grey granite, porphyry and red jasper.
The 4m (13 foot) long recumbent is supported by three smaller stones inside the circle and the two 2.5m (8 foot) flanking stones. Another 9 erect stones make up the rest of the circle.
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Nearby Sites
4km Maiden Stone Pictish Stone Class II
8km Castle Frazer Stone Circle Stone Circle
8km Castle Frazer Stone Row Stone Row
8km Loanhead of Daviot Stone Circle (Recumbent)
11km Tillyfourie Stone Circle (Recumbent)
14km Midmar Kirk Stone Circle (Recumbent)
15km Sunhoney Stone Circle (Recumbent)
17km Cullerlie Stone Circle
(NB: All distances are as-the-crow-flies. Lochs, mountains and beautiful winding roads will make it further. Sometimes much further.)