Recumbent Stone Circles : 9 Old Keig

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - 51 Page 422 (PDF)

Canmore reference number - 17530

Parking Spot - What3Words ///rattler.bulldozer.dinosaur or digital coordinates 57.266184, -2.670035

Site location - What3Words ///ages.cello.personal or digital coordinates 57.263462, -2.670384

Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps

Distance from Parking Spot to site 310 meters

Terrain - Forest Path

Date first visited site 28th December 2021

This is one of my favourite circles with the recumbent reportedly the largest, it is certainly the most impressive I have seen. Both flanker's still stand along with one circle stone with three other circle stones fallen. There are eight other smaller kerbstones standing.

Click here for the - Old Keig walk through

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.