Loanhead of Daviot Stone Circle

This is a stone circle located close to the village of Daviot, Aberdenshire, Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: Deimhidh, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain, Alba). It is off minor roads from the B9001 and A920 north from Inverurie (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Uraidh). The circle is about twenty feet in Diameter with eight stones, two flankers and a recumbent. The circle was constructed in the early Bronze Age (c. 2500 until c. 1500 BC). There is a Bronze Age cemetery to the east. Further information on the site can be obtained from the link to Aberdeen Council Loanhead of Daviot Stone Circle below.

Image: Loanhead of Daviot Stone Circle the Double Recumbent Stones from the east 1902 by Frederick Coles FSA Scot (1854–1929).

Link: Aberdeen Council Loanhead of Daviot Stone Circle.