East Aquorthies Stone Circle
Inverurie,
Aberdeenshire
This is a recumbent stone circle, with a large stone set horizontally in the
southwest, and the height of the stones are graded, increasing towards the
recumbent. Such recumbent stones are often associated with moon observations and
are particularly numerous in Aberdeenshire. This is probably the best example.
The stones were set up about 4-5000 years ago.
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Information found
Source:
Devereux, Paul, Steel, John & Kubrin, David, Earthmind, Harper &
Row: New York 1989
Here we have another megalithic site with measured electromagnetic
anomalies - perhaps relating to some of the minor altered states some
people have reported:
On 29 September (1987)... American Dragon Project volunteers Cosimo
and Ann Favaloro made a study of...Easter Aquorthies... The Favaloros
chose this date because archaeologist Aubrey Burl had suggested that
Easter Aquorthies is one of a number of Scottish stone circles that
has a stone aligned to the Moon during a particular period of the
Metonic cycle known as the 'major lunar standstill.' On 29 September
an important moonset was due to take place. Taking readings
continuously through a 12-hour period, the Favaloros made two
notworthy findings. At one point in the late afternoon the readings
within the circle soared way above the normal site readings for a few
minutes, while the environment readings remained constant. The second
finding was that at the precise moment of moonset, at 9 o'clock in the
evening, the level of radiation readings in the environment edged
above those for the stone circle for the only time in the whole
monitoring period.
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See also
Our
section on stone circles
The discussion on the purpose of stone circles
Planning Grid
Location: |
East Aquorthies Stone Circle,
Inverurie,
Aberdeenshire |
Grid Reference |
NJ732209 OS map 38 |
Map Link: |
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Getting there: |
This site is now very
well signposted from the main A96. |
Access: |
It's about 200m from the car park to the
circle. |
Parking: |
There is a Free car park at the bottom of the
track that leads to the circle. The car park even now has a litterbin and
info board. |
Facilities: |
none |
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Address: |
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
Scotland |
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Opening times: |
all the time |
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none |
Photo Restrictions: |
none |
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none |
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CIN Page Ref: |
east_aquorthies_stone_circle |
Date Updated:02/08 |
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