Druidsfield Stone Circle, Montgarrie Tullynessle and Forbes, Scotland

Scheduled Monument Data

Druidsfield Stone Circle, Montgarrie has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since scheduling.

Historic Scotland ID: SM0
Name: Druidsfield stone circle, Montgarrie
Parish: Tullynessle and Forbes
County: Aberdeenshire
Easting: 357888
Northing: 817726
Categories: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring
Date Listed: 17 August 1925
Date Amended: 22 March 2002
Date Updated: 22 March 2002
Source: Historic Environment Scotland Portal: SM0 official listing

Scheduled Monument Description

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The monument comprises the remains of a stone circle of prehistoric date, visible as two standing stones. The monument was last scheduled in 1961. It is being rescheduled to clarify the location and extent of the protected area.

The monument lies on a slight ridge at c.140m OD, approximately 115m NNE of Druidsfield Farmhouse. Only two stones survive, both standing upright and set 4.6m apart. The E stone stands 2.1m high and is 1.3m wide by 0.5m in thickness. The W stone stands 2.3m high and is c.0.9m square at ground level. It is possible that the W stone may have been moved in antiquity, as it does not appear to align completely with the E stone. The recumbent stone was reputed to have been removed in 1830.

The area to be scheduled is a circle 40m in diameter, centred on the centre of the circle. It includes the remains of the stone circle and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the monument may survive, as shown in red on the attached map.

Scheduled Monument Statement of Significance

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The monument is of national importance as the remains of a prehistoric stone circle and one of a cluster in the local vicinity. It has the potential to provide important information about prehistoric ritual activity in this area.

Scheduled Monument References

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The monument is recorded in RCAHMS as NJ 51 NE 1.

References:

Burl, H A W (1973 a)'The recumbent stone circles of North' East Scotland', Pro Soc Antiq Scot, 102, 1969'70, 69, 72, 78.

Burl, {H} A {W} (1976 a)The stone circles of the British Isles, London and New Haven, 175, 183, 218, 351.

Burl, {H} A {W} (1979 a)Rings of stone: the prehistoric stone circles of Britain and Ireland, London, 23.

Coles, F R (1901)'Report on the stone circles of the North'East of Scotland, Inverurie District, obtained under the Gunning Fellowship, with measured plans and drawings', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 35, 1900'1, 209'10.

Keiller, A (1934)Megalithic monuments of the north'east Scotland, London, 12, 18.

NSA (1845)The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy, 15v, Edinburgh, Vol. 12, (Aberdeen), 449'50.

Name Book (County)Original Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book no. 88, 85, 90.