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Standing Stones
Several very impressive single standing stones survive in striking locations, possibly covering burials or marking access points to significant areas of landscape. They appear to date from the Bronze Age (second millennium BC).
Camus's Stone
Massive pointed stone standing 1.75 m high with fine cup-and-ring mark halfway up N face.
Directions
- 2 miles W of Elgin.
- Grid ref: NJ 185 630 - Ordnance Survey Landranger series sheet no. 28
5 miles NW of Elgin. On B9012 1/3 mile S of junction with B9040 and ½ mile W of Duffus, turn W onto track to Inverugie: stop at steading. Stone in edge of tree belt beyond steading.
Candle Stane
A fine standing stone 3.1 m high located just below a low summit, on a slope which shelves gently to the SE. This is a small but well-preserved henge on a haugh at the foot of a steep-sided valley.
Directions
- Grid ref: NJ 921 348 Ordnance Survey Landranger series sheet no. 30
3 ½ miles NW of Ellon. 2 miles from Ellon, on B 9005, just W of bridge over Ebrie Burn, turn N on minor road and in 1 ½ miles park at School. Stone is visible on W of road.
Lang Stane o'Craigearn
A large grey granite standing stone, 3.5 m high, 2.75 m in girth, possibly the sole surviving member of a stone circle.
Directions
- 5 ½ miles SW of Inverurie
- Grid ref: NJ 723 149 Ordnance Survey Landranger series sheet no. 38
5 ½ miles SW of Inverurie. C 2/3 mile SW of Kemnay, on B993, turn S onto minor road. Stone is in field to E of road, c 150 m from the junction, behind a house.
