57 Hillhead (Blackhills)

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - Not Listed (PDF)
Canmore reference number - 138717
Parking Spot - What3Words ///remaking.encoded.supper or digital coordinates 57.148569, -2.818790
Site location - What3Words ///serious.sweated.quaking or digital coordinates 57.152665, -2.815906
Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps
Distance from Parking Spot to site 600m
Terrain - Farm track, tree plantation, six foot tall thick gorse bush.
Date first visited site 18th June 2022

This site was re-categorised as a Recumbent Stone Circle in 2013 during excavation work by R Bradley (Canmore ID 138717).
The site has become virtually inaccessible due to dense six foot tall gorse that would do a great job of protecting sleeping beauty's castle. I followed the perimeter fence before attempting to head to the site, I soon realised that I needed to drop digital bread crumbs every couple of meters as it was impossible to tell where I had just been. After five or so attempts from different approaches, I literally stumbled over a pile of stones which matched the site location and looking around a bit further, I found another couple of stones. Due to the heavy over growth there is no way to observe the site in its entirety, visibility of the ground was frustratingly intermittent and when visible, maybe only half a meter or so.