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| NJ 860 133 (Pub.) | Diameter 18.1m (Pub.) |
| Visited August 1987 |
Dyce is another recumbent circle that has survived to the present day in good condition, it has an alternative name of "Tyrebagger", which translates as "the land of acorns". Including the flankers, ten circle stones survive with nine standing, these stones are of red granite and, as with many recumbent circles, are graded in height. The stones range from 1.3m at the north up to the 2.9m (east), and 3.4m (west), pillars flanking the 3.1m long recumbent. The recumbent itself is quite tall and has a central "hump", it is of darker granite than the other stones, and has partially fallen inwards. Characteristic bulges in the circle interior could be the remnants of a ring-cairn. When we visited the circle in 1987 it was in a coppice of trees embanked by drystone walling for much of its circumference.