bERRY HILLS

  • Cothiemuir Wood RSC

    After sitting in the sunshine for a while absorbing the intense lessons of Old Keig RSC, I decided to give myself another chance to find Cothiemuir Wood stone circle. I had stupidly managed to come out without both a charged phone and a OS map, so I was in the dark. I’d previously got as far as the sign off the…

  • Stonehead RSC

    What a cracker of a monument!! I’ve tried to find this a few times and finally succeeded on the spring equinox. As others have noted, the setting is sublime and despite only the recumbent and flankers remaining, it’s a stunning site, with the view down to Dunnideer castle and the way the hill drops away.

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  • Little Bin Cairns

    A spot of sunshine motivates me to go for a walk in the woods so I head to Lintmill near Cullen, to inspect various features highlighted in a recent talk at the Cullen Deskford and Portknockie Heritage Group talk (events every first Monday of the month, heritage centre opening again in April – more details…

  • Return to Upper Lagmore

    I had a bit of a wobble the other weekend so I decided it was high time to return to Upper Lagmore, which provided me with much comfort on my previous visit. Free parking again was provided and gratefully received by the Ballindalloch distillery/golf course. From there I went up the track but turned left…

  • Craigroy

    So it turns out that nowadays Craigroy is the farm next door with an impressively large recumbent stone next to the road and this site is actually on the land of Haugh Farm. Lucky enough to have an introduction to the farmers from the woman I met at Upper Lagmore, I headed there next. The…

  • Knock

    My first visit to the mighty Knock was modest and enjoyable. I’d been wondering where to park the car to climb the hill [what would the ancients make of that i wonder]. Apparently you can use a small car park / layby at Swilebog but from there the ascent is straight up and anyway I…

  • New trailcam highlight jus drop 444

    A white cat has been spotted It’s that tabby too Foxy on the move! Aaaaand some serious deer shenigans!!

  • Easter Aquhorties

    Again a dark visit to Aquhorties recumbent stone circle, this time by design rather than accident! I was hoping the moon was out to play so I could investigate if the ancients watched the glowing sphere roll along the recumbent stone *but* it was of course a cloudy night. Recumbent stones are characterised by always…

  • The Bin

    Funny how sometimes you don’t know where you want to go until you start the journey. That’s the theme for this week I’d say. On Monday, the weather was pleasant and I thought to myself I needed an excursion. I was heading towards to the ruins of Browlands stone circle at Garmouth [TMA] but as…