Colmeallie stone circle
 Colmeallie stone circle | |
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| Location | Glen Esk |
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| Region | Angus |
| Coordinates | 56°53′33″N 2°42′52″W / 56.89238°N 2.71447°W |
| Type | Recumbent stone circle |
| Site notes | |
| Public access | Yes |
| Official name | Colmeallie stone circle |
| Type | Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring |
| Designated | 28 August 1933 |
| Reference no. | SM116 |
The Colmeallie stone circle is a recumbent stone circle in Glen Esk, Angus, Scotland.[1] It is located 8 km north of Edzell at Colmeallie Farm, adjacent to the unclassified road leading from the B966 to Tarfside and Loch Lee (grid reference NO565780).[2]
Antiquarian Andrew Jervise recorded in 1853 that elderly locals could remember the circle being more complete, but that it had been recently plundered for building materials.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Burl, H.A.W (1969), "The Recumbent Stone Circles of North East Scotland" (PDF), Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 102: 56–81, retrieved 11 October 2010
- ^ "Stonehaven and Banchory", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (C1 ed.), 2009, ISBN 0-319-23168-2
- ^ Jervise, A (1853), The history and traditions of the land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns, with notices of Alyth and Meigle, Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, retrieved 11 October 2010