Tyrebagger stone circle

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Tyrebagger
OS grid reference
NJ859132
TypeRecumbent stone circle
Site notes
Public accessYes
Designated1925
Identifiers
Historic Environment ScotlandSM22

Tyrebagger stone circle is located at Dyce, near to Aberdeen in Scotland. It is a complete recumbent stone circle. It was used as a cattle pound in the past and now stands close to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. It is a scheduled monument since 1925.

Recumbent stone circles

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orthostats graded by size.[1] The builders tended to select a site which was on a level spur of a hill with excellent views to other landmarks.[3] Over seventy of these circles are found in lowland Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland – the most similar monuments are the axial stone circles of southwest Ireland. Recumbent stone circles generally enclosed a low ring cairn, though over the millennia these have often disappeared.[2] They may have been a development from the Clava cairns found nearby in Inverness-shire and axial stone circles may have followed the design.[2][4] Whilst cremated remains have been found at some sites, the precise function of these circles is not known.[5]

Description

Tyrebagger stone circle stands on a hill above the Standingstones farm at

orthostats are red granite.[7] Aubrey Burl believed the stones came from a nearby quarry.[3] The site became a scheduled monument in 1925.[8]

History

In the past, the stone circle was converted for use as a cattle pound by digging out the interior and filling in the areas between the orthostats with loose stones.[6][9] In 1896 there were twelve stones and two nearby two cairns, and one of the cairns was demolished in that year.[10]

Frederick Coles stated in a paper published in 1900 that the circle, which he called the standing stones of Dyce, had twelve stones.[9] When the Ordnance Survey visited the circle 1865-6, the surveyors recorded ten stones. Another visit from a surveyor in 1961 reported one stone had cracked into two pieces. This was re-erected in 1999.[6] The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route was constructed nearby in the 2010s.[11][12]

See also

References

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  2. ^
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  3. ^
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  4. ISBN 0-300-08347-5
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  5. ISBN 0903903334
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  6. ^
    ISBN 9781902419558
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  7. ^ "Tyrebagger". Canmore. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Standingstones, stone circle 300m NNW of (SM22)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  9. ^
    S2CID 254529644
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  10. ^ Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions: Dyce p.10 (1900)
  11. ^ "Aberdeen bypass final section opens". BBC News. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route Environmental Statement 2007" (PDF). Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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