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Latitude: 57.0146 / 57°0'52"N
Longitude: -2.4674 / 2°28'2"W
OS Eastings: 371717
OS Northings: 791595
OS Grid: NO717915
Mapcode National: GBR X4.DCLD
Mapcode Global: WH8Q0.2YBD
Entry Name: Eslie, stone circle 730m S of
Scheduled Date: 17 July 1925
Last Amended: 25 October 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM977
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring
Location: Banchory-Ternan
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Banchory and Mid Deeside
Traditional County: Kincardineshire
The monument comprises the remains of a recumbent stone circle enclosing a ring cairn and is located 730m S of Eslie on a gentle north west-facing slope. The circle measures approximately 22.5m in diameter and there are five upright stones from a probable total of nine, and the recumbent along with its flankers lie on the south side. The ring-cairn measures 17.7m in diameter over all by 0.5m in maximum height and encloses a central court 6m in diameter; at least eleven outer kerbstones and twelve inner kerbstones (up to 0.6m high) are visible. It was scheduled in 1925, but the original scheduling documentation is inadequately defined. The monument is being rescheduled to clarify the extent of the protected area.
The area to be scheduled is a circle 50m in diameter centred on the centre of the circle, to include the remains of the stone circle and ring cairn, and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the monument may survive, as shown in red on the attached map extract
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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