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| NO 901 963 (pub.) | Diameter 22.9m (pub.) |
| Visited August 1987 |
Although built on an artificial platform, the site at Auchquhorthies has an obvious slope. Of an estimated 28 original stones only 12 remain, and two of these are fallen, the stones are height graded as usual. The recumbent is set in from the circle circumference, it and the remaining flanker are of grey quartz streaked granite, the eastern flanker is not present. Within the circle are the prominent outer kerbstones of a 15m ring cairn, its 3.5m internal space also visible. The site has had much attention from early "excavators", with finds of charcoal, cremated bone, and pottery sherds being reported. In 1792 a cist was discovered between the ring cairn and the circle at the east, reports of its contents vary, but no finds from this circle have survived to the present day.