Drawings Stone circle at Midmar, Aberdeenshire
Object number
LDSAL2020.38.201
Production date
19th century
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Pen
Ink
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 200mm
Width: 325mm
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
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).