Tyrebagger
Stone Circle
Near Dyce, Aberdeenshire
Also known as
Standingstones and as Dyce.
Historic Scotland have now renamed this site 'Standingstones Stone Circle'
probably on the account of the nearby wood being called Standingstones Wood.
Situated on a hill overlooking
Aberdeen airport, this site has a tilted recumbent and two tall flankers.
Very similar to East Aquorthies
but smaller.
Access is a 20 minute walk up a stony track to the site.
The following is an
extract from p45 of
Stone Circles Near Aberdeen by
A. L. Lewis
The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and
Ireland, Vol. 17. (1888), pp. 44-57.
Mr. McCombie Stewart (a man of
diverse talents) confirms the strange qualities of the largest stones:
Mr. McCombie Stewart, the station-master at Dyce, who should be
consulted by any one visiting Dyce for scientific purposes, informed
me that there was formerly a hole in the middle of the circle, which
might be suggestive of the former existence of a kist; he also told me
that there was supposed to be iron in the largest stones, and this
seems very probable, for, on working my rough plans out at home, I
found a disagreement in the compass-bearings. In this emergency I
applied to Mr. McCombie Stewart, sending him a plan and asking him to
verify my compass-bearings and some other particulars. He was so kind
as not only to do this, but to get one of the Engineers of the railway
to make an exact plan of the circle, showing the bearing of each stone
from the centre. I am happy to be able to say as showing the accuracy
of my own methods, that my plan superposed upon his gave practically
the same results.
In the letter accompanying the plan, Mr. McCombie Stewart, who is
qualified to speak as a geologist, says, "We were unable to account
for the peculiar ringing sound of the altar stone, unless it be caused
by the flat shape of the stone, having its side firmly fixed in the
ground, the projecting part having a certain vibration - or if it were
from the hard heathen substance of an iron nature - but one
thing is certain, the stone is not of the same nature as those
belonging to the neighbouring quarry.
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This site is very popular with the small number of people who have found it.
See also
Our
section on stone circles
The discussion on the purpose of stone circles
Planning Grid
Location: |
Tyrebagger Stone Circle
near Dyce,
Aberdeenshire |
Grid Reference |
NJ859133 /
Sheet: 38 |
Map Link: |
Multimap
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Getting there: |
Come off of the A96 at
the western side of the airport, and drive through the industrial estate.
Keep your eye out for a Shell filling station on your right, as there are 2
standing stones outside it; the larger appears to be pointing at Tyrebagger.
As you go through the traffic lights, and enter the national speed limit
zone, there is a service road on your left, take it. Immediately in front of
you is a farm track - you can either park here or drive up. As you look up
the hill, there are two masts, Tyrebagger is next to the left hand, darker
mast (This mast has now been removed-only one remains on the hill - 2006).
Follow the farm track up, and take the first left around the quarry. As you
come to the green, with all the farm cottages, take the only left by the
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Don't drive up track,
tough on tyres. |
Parking: |
It is possible to drive
to NJ864128 and park beside the cottages. |
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Aircraft, site
overlooks Aberdeen airport. |
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Website: |
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=171 |
Opening times: |
Open at all times |
Charges: |
none |
Photo Restrictions: |
none |
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none |
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CIN Page Ref: |
tyrebagger_stone_circle |
Date Updated: 03/08 |
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