Region : Grampian District : Banff & Buchan Town or village : Strichen Grid Reference : NJ 936 544 Period : 3rd-2nd millennium BC Strichen RECUMBENT STONE CIRCLE

Six stones plus a massive grey granite recumbent and its two flankers stand on a low stone bank, a particular feature of stone circles in the Buchan area (Grampian). Chips of white quartz had been scattered over the bank. A large stone 2m to the east of the ring was used to break the lumps of white quartz. In the bank, the remains of a cremated woman and a cist were found. Another cist at the centre of the ring indicates a later use of the site. The circle was in a very bad condition: archaeological survey and restoration carried out in 1980-82 rescued it.

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)