The Stone Circle
Wherever you travel in Grampian, remember that the past is all around, from the coastal promontories protected long ago by palisades and ditches, to the vitrified walls of forts on heathery hilltops. By using your imagination and your eyes - the most important tool of the archaeologist - you will learn to read the landscape in a different and exciting way.

Click on the ICONS below to find out more about the various archaeological sites throughout Grampian
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Stone Circles, Standing Stones
Hill Forts, Defended Sites
Pictish Sites
Round Cairns
Standing Stones

Amid the farming landscapes of Scotland's north east, and on the hill tops and heathlands, evidence of the past is there for all to see. Sometimes these stories in the stone are incomplete or have meanings we can only guess at - but they suggest that our ancestors - like ourselves - tended to some kind of spiritual life, wished for good fortune, desired to protect family and worked together in community.

More Prehistory in Grampian
For further information visit www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology
 
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