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Castle Frazer

Castle Fraser; Balgorkar; Balgorar; West Mains Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

Large image (920x759 - 139k) Red granite stone on the north side of the circle with the recumbent stone and flankers behind on the far side of the mound.
Large image (900x641 - 102k) The grey granite recumbent and flankers, looking west.
Large image (583x800 - 81k) Looking along the horizontal top of the recumbent.
Large image (900x642 - 114k) Red granite boulder on the northeastern arc.
Large image (900x701 - 67k) Looking across the circle to the southwest.
Large image (900x632 - 87k) The outer side of the recumbent and flankers. The greater height of the inside of the circle can be easily seen.
Large image (900x641 - 94k) The outer side of the recumbent and flankers, face on.
Large image (900x635 - 73k) The inner side of the recumbent and flankers, looking south.
Large image (900x763 - 108k) Another red granite stone on the eastern arc.

This recumbent circle of red and grey granite boulders stands atop a natural mound. Broken urns under some of the stones suggest that this site dates from around 1500BC.

Burl reports that the mound was leveled around the recumbent stone - presumably in order to render the top of the stone horizontal. Much smaller stones were set in the interior of the circle and also around the outside of the stones to give a "paved" surface.

As with many recumbent stone circles in the northeast, the recumbent stone is aligned on a particular moonset position - in this case, the position of moonset at the major standstill.

There are a recumbent stone, two flankers, and seven other stones arranged in a 25-metre diameter circle. Three of the stones are fallen. The tallest stones are about 2 metres in height.

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