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| NJ 735 241 (pub.) | Diameter 20.7m (pub.) |
| Visited August 1987 |
Balquhain is another of our favourites,
unfortunately the field was in crop in August 1999 so we were unable to get any
rock art photos or panoramas :-(
Also known as Chapel of Garioch and Inveramsay, this was originally a 12 stone
circle, today only 3 stones, the recumbent, and the quartz outlier stand. There
are cupmarks on the east flanker which is down, one on the top of the recumbent,
and two sets on outer face of the intact stone west of the western flanker, this
stone being aligned to the minor southern moon set. The stones are a
mixture of local rocks, but the granite recumbent is thought to have been
brought from some distance to the site, this stone is 3.8m long and 1.8m high,
and weighs over ten tons. The outlier is even more spectacular, a 3m tall
pointed pillar of white quartz standing 6.4m to the SE.