Recumbent Stone Circles : 18 Wester Echt

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - 70 Page 485 (PDF)

Canmore reference number - 18534

Parking Spot - What3Words ///take.sweep.scrubbing or digital coordinates 57.162691, -2.428525

Site location - What3Words ///badge.necklaces.skim or digital coordinates 57.165225, -2.434044

Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps

Distance from Parking Spot to site 600m

Terrain - Through fields, avoid worrying cattle / sheep.

Date first visited site 24th February 2022

Three main stones one of which has a couple of medium stones stacked against it as well as loads of small stones. Canmore Classification is recumbent stone circle I guess due to this stacked stone. Also there is an interesting cross and initials chiselled into the largest stone.

Disclaimer

Common Sense, Courtesy, Generally Accepted Good Practice, The Highway Code, The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Dynamic Self-risk Assessment, Aberdeenshire weather conditions and my own physical limitations were all taken into account when visiting these sites, assessing the parking spots, the routes and the site access. By using any of the information, parking spots, routes and site access mentioned in this blog, you take full responsibility and accountability for your own behaviour, actions and the subsequent consequences.