Region : Grampian District : Kincardine & Deeside Town or village : Banchory Grid Reference : NO 722 921 Period :   3rd millennium BC  Eslie the Lesser RECUMBENT STONE CIRCLE

A ruined recumbent stone circle with an internal ring-cairn some 9m in diameter. Six stones of the circle survive out of the original eight or nine. The recumbent is 1.8m long. The site was excavated in 1873 and traces of a cist were found. Not far to the south-west and to the south there are two other recumbent stone circles, Eslie the Greater and Nine Stanes.

Other recumbent stone circles ------------------ Aikey Brae Aquhorthies Balquhain Berrybrae Cothiemuir Wood Easter Aquhorthies Eslie the Greater Eslie the Lesser Loanhead of Daviot Midmar Kirk Nine Stanes (Garrol Wood) Old Keig Strichen Sunhoney Tomnaverie Tyrebagger (Dyce) Other sites in Grampian ---------------------- Aikey Brae Aquhorthies Auquhollie Balquhain Berrybrae Broomend of Crichie Cothiemuir Wood Cullerlie Culsh Easter Aquhorthies Eslie the Greater Eslie the Lesser Glassel Lagmore West (Upper Lagmore) Loanhead of Daviot Memsie Midmar Kirk Nine Stanes (Garrol Wood) Old Keig Raedykes South Ythsie Strichen Sunhoney Tomnaverie Tyrebagger (Dyce)