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Crowmallie

Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Site Name Crowmallie

Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Alternative Name(s) Knockollochie

Canmore ID 19000

Site Number NJ72SW 3

NGR NJ 7034 2485

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Chapel Of Garioch
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ72SW 3 7034 2485.

(NJ 7034 2485) Stone Circle (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map, (1959)

A circular setting of stones, 4' to 6' (1.2 to 1.8m) high, was removed by Mr Brown about 1822. Nothing of importance was found. Nothing noted here (Coles 1901).

F R Coles 1901; Name Book 1867.

No trace.

Visited by OS (ISS) 10 July 1973.

(Name cited as Knockollochie). This monument is situated in a grass paddock (which was formerly tilled) adjacent to a house and on the edge of a crest at an altitude of about 155m OD. Two in situ erratics and one pillar stone were revealed during topsoil stripping in November 1980.

(Sketch plan and slides held by GRC/AAS).

NMRS, MS/712/71, visited 14 November 1980.

Nothing is now visible of this stone circle, which was removed in about 1822

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 6 May 1996.

Activities

Field Visit (17 July 1943)

Nothing was known locally about any stone circle here, but the ground was under crop at the date of visit.

Visited by RCAHMS 17 July 1943.

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