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"This is what went on during this wonderful week in Aberdeenshire,
and the variety of sites and experiences that were had. Try clicking
on the pictures and some will open up to show you a larger image"
- Ros.
Members present were, Maryrose Price, Ros Briagha, Maria Hayden, Jon
Appleton, Grahame Gardner, Barry Hoon & Oliver Perceval. |
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Monday
- Out and About!!!.
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We
started with Old Keig {NJ
593195} which is contained in a long thin belt of old beech
trees. It is half ruined, but the ring cairn is clear, the recumbent
and flanking stones are there, and a few other circle stones.
It had a rather nice atmosphere, despite the rather cold rainy
weather.
Dave
explained how most of the local circles are like this one in actually
consisting of a central ring cairn, a mound of stones, sometimes
with a burial inside, and then a ring of standing stones around
this, with a recumbent and flankers in the south west. Click
here for more pictures of this site.
Barry,
Grahame, Maria, Maryrose, Jon, Oliver, Ros. |
Then on
to Druidstone {NJ
615222 } a very sad and abused site, where it looked as
if some of the trees have been struck by lightning, and some
of the stones have been pushed over. It felt very uncomfortable
here, as though the farmer would like to get rid of this obstruction
to his agribusiness world.
Click
here for more pictures of this site.
Barry,
Grahame, Maria,
Maryrose, Jon, Oliver, Ros.
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After lunch
in Insch, we went on to Culsh Earth House, a rather lovely
fogou type tunnel into the earth, lined with stone. It starts
off very low in height, then curves to the right and opens up
so you can stand in it.
When I visited here before, I felt it was used as an initiation
place, and also a hiding place when the wolves or raiders came
calling. We did some chanting as the acoustics are great.
Barry,
Grahame, Maria, Maryrose,
Jon, Oliver, Ros.
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Then on to Tomnaverie
{NJ
486034}which is the circle I came to see in 2000, when it had just
been restored. Dave worked on that restoration, so it was interesting
to hear about that.
Picture by Grahame
 It
was VERY COLD, so we did not stay long, but went on to Aboyne {NO524991}
a little five stone circle in a wood, and so rather sheltered from the
weather. We dowsed to see if this is a folly, and I got that it was
200 to 300 years old, but it was still a nice site, and Grahame and
Maria dowsed that there is a ley going through it. And so back to Haughton,
and an interesting evening with Dave and Jason, a local with a keen
interest in RSCs, who has made one himself.
Barry,
Grahame, Maria, Maryrose, Jon,
Oliver, Ros.
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