Tolquhon Castle

Tolquhon Castle part 2, Aberdeenshire.

Another look at Tolquhon Castle.

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South Ythsie, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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SOUTH YTHSIE
TARVES
ABERDEENSHIRE
SCOTLAND

SOUTH YTHSIE IS A SMALL AND ENIGMATIC STONE CIRCLE. OUR ANCESTORS ERECTED THIS RING WITH NO RECUMBENT STONE. THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR NORTH EAST SCOTLAND. THERE IS PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SITE.

THE SIX BOULDER RING, IS ROUGHLY 8.2M IN DIAMETER. IT SITS ON A LEVELLED OFF ARTIFICIAL PLATFORM, WHICH IS NEARLY 1M IN HEIGHT. THE SITE IS THOUGHT TO BE 4000 YEARS OLD, WHICH MAKES IT LATE NEOLITHIC OR EARLY BRONZE AGE.

A SO CALLED “DRUIDS TEMPLE” WHICH CONSISTS OF THREE WHINSTONE (GNEISS), TWO PORPHYRITIC STONES, WITH SEAMS OF QUARTZ AND ONE GREY GRANITE STONE. THE BOULDERS ARE AROUND 0.8M TO 1.7M HIGH. THEY RISE IN HEIGHT TOWARDS THE SOUTH WEST.

A MAP FROM 1868 SHOWS A SEVEN STONE CIRCLE. ALEXANDER THOM THE SCOTTISH ARCHAEOASTRONOMER, MEASURED SOUTH YTHSIE AND FOUND A TYPE B FLATTENED CIRCLE.

200M TO THE NORTH EAST, RECORDS SHOWED AN OUTLYING STONE WITH A NEARBY CIST. A STANDING STONE ROUGHLY 1.5M X 1.2M WIDE WAS SAID BY AN OLD LOCAL RESIDENT TO BE “ONE REMAINING OF THE OUTER CIRCLE WHICH FORMERLY STOOD HERE” THIS STONE HAS DISAPPEARED SINCE AT LEAST 1902, WHEN FR COLES VISITED.

IN 1818 A LARGE CAIRN OF STONES WAS REMOVED NEAR THE CIRCLE. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAIRN SEVERAL CISTS WERE UNCOVERED WITH EVIDENCE OF MANY CREMATIONS.

SOUTH YTHSIE CIRCLE WAS RESTORED IN 1994 BY TARVES HERITAGE PROJECT AND SHELL BETTER BRITAIN. PERMISSION WAS GRANTED FROM HISTORIC SCOTLAND AND THE MACKIE FAMILY.

A BIG THANKS TO OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS.

ELLON-ELGIN pt2

a bit o the road between ellon and elgin from huntly

Friday off so we go to the national trust for Scotland’s Pitmedden Gardens #visitscotland

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