Recumbent Stone Circles : 51 Cairn Riv

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - 16 Page 319 (PDF)

Canmore reference number - 18323

Parking Spot - What3Words ///solar.cabinet.slowness or digital coordinates 57.507856, -2.544302

Site location - What3Words ///unlisted.organ.curious or digital coordinates 57.508180, -2.545206

Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps

Distance from Parking Spot to site 70m

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

Date first visited site 21st May 2022

The very large recumbent stands along side a medium sized stone which maybe a flanker. Great Crowns of Stone mention local hearsay that around 200 years ago there may have been a three meter wide stone paved causeway from this recumbent circle down the slope to another stone circle at What3Words ///strictest.jelly.galaxy or digital coordinates 57.506078, -2.547565

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.