Recumbent Stone Circles : 50 Gaval

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - 32 Page 366 (PDF)

Canmore reference number - 20734

Parking Spot - What3Words ///state.parkland.body or digital coordinates 57.554132, -2.034555

Site location - What3Words ///mega.unspoiled.multiply or digital coordinates 57.553647, -2.034102

Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps

Distance from Parking Spot to site 60m

Terrain - Through field, avoid damage to crop, avoid worrying cattle / sheep, over ladder gate.

Date first visited site 14th May 2022

Only one medium standing stone remain's with no signs of any other stones. According to Great Crowns of Stone in 1840 Gaval was as complete and as impressive as Aikey Brae with most of the stones being cleared "In about 1868 the recumbent was blasted, apparently by apprentice masons working nearby" (GCoS)

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.