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Drawings Stone circle at Midmar, Aberdeenshire

Object number

LDSAL2020.38.201

Production date

19th century

Material

paper
pen
ink

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 200mm
Width: 325mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

In the new church yard of Midmar - Besides these, are four other stones about 7 feet high (above ground) forming part of a Circle all the stones are of red granite
I had no compass but think the altar must have been on the SW of the Circle

References

Reference (free text)

Aubrey Burl, The Stone Circles of the British Isles (London: Yale University Press, 1976), p. 352.

Reference (free text)

Aubrey Burl, A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995), p. 104.

Reference (free text)

Aubrey Burl, The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany (New Haven, 2000), pp. 216-17.

Reference (free text)

Alexander Keiller, Megalithic Monuments of North-East Scotland (London: Morven Institute of Archaeological Research, 1934).