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Stone circles always excite the imagination, and nowhere more so than in the north-east of Scotland, which holds one of the most dense concentrations to be found anywhere in the British Isles. Some circles have suffered grievously, plundered of their stones and ploughed up in the 18th and 19th centuries. But others are amongst the most spectacular surviving monuments you could hope to visit. Silhouetted on a skyline, they dominate the countryside for miles around, presenting a range of architectural devices that draw the visitor to confront a massive horizontal slab placed between two pillars on the southern arc. These recumbent slabs - altar stones in popular folklore - are doorways to another world, to the people who farmed this ancient landscape some 4,000 years ago.Richly illustrated with plans and photographs, this volume combines an assessment of the work of antiquarians with the results of the most recent archaeological research in an indispensable guide to the stone circles of the north-east.
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The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland collects, records and interprets information on the nation's archaeological, architectural, industrial and maritime heritage.
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