Monument record MAB12607 - CANDLE STANE

Recumbent Stone Circle surrounding a well-defined central cairn.

Recumbent Stone Circle surrounding a well-defined central cairn. The circle originally consisted of eight stones, one of which has gone. Only one stone remains standing, the Candle Stane. Both flankers have fallen, five other stones remain, all displaced except the Candle Stane. There are two possible cup-marks, on the east flanker and on the westernmost stone. The circle stands in conspicuous position with a trench-like quarry on its west side. Some spoil from a dump has encroached into the west side of the circle. Excavation by CFA in January 1997 revealed the remains of a possible ring groove house with three concentric circles of post-holes and some stake-holes. Internal features also included a large stone-filled pit. The entrance to house was in the southeast. The house lay within the stone circle: no artefacts were recovered.

Period Notes
AA-28368 Hazel charcoal from a post-hole of the outer ring of a circular timber structure (possibly a roundhouse). 2165 BP +/- 50 (which equals 372 BC - 60 BC at 2 sigma) : AA-28369 Hazel charcoal from a post-hole of the outer ring of a circular timber structure (possibly a roundhouse) 2245 +/-50 (which equals 397 BC - 200 BC at 2 sigma). AA-28370 Oak charcoal from the probable entrance of a circular timber structure. This sample may represent a timber which was burnt and has decayed in situ 2380 BP +/-50 (which equals 751 BC - 381 BC at 2 sigma). AA-28371 oak charcoal from the probable entrance of a circular timber structure. This sample may represent a timber which was burnt and has decayed in situ. 2260 BP +/-50 (which equals 400 BC - 202 BC at 2 sigma). AA-28372 Birch charcoal from a post-hole of the middle ring of a structure (possibly a roundhouse). This sample could represent a timber which has burnt and decayed in situ 2420 BP +/-70 (which equals 764 BC - 395 BC at 2 sigma). AA-28373 birch charcoal from a post-hole of the middle ring of a structure (possibly a roundhouse). This sample could represent a timber which has burnt and decayed in situ 2395 BP +/-50 (which equals 752 BC - 389 BC at 2 sigma).

ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No41(1866) 38 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.

COLES, FR, 1902, REPORT ON STONE CIRCLES IN ABERDEENSHIRE IN PSAS 36(1901-2) 488-581, 540-5 (Bibliographic reference). SAB232.

RITCHIE, J, 1917, PSAS 51(1916-17) 30-47, 34 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1524.

KEILLER, A, 1927, INTERIM REPORT UPON SUCH OF THE STONE CIRCLES OF ABERDEENSHIRE AND KINCARDINESHIRE AS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED AS ANCIENT MONUMENTS, 6-7 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1033.

KEILLAR, A, 1934, MEGALITHIC MONS OF NE SCOTLAND, 13 (Bibliographic reference). SAB954.

MOW, 1961, A M'S SCOT, 7 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1166.

CAMERON, K, 1996, DES, 8 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2374.

CAMERON, K, 1996, EXCAVATION AT CANDLE STANE. REPORT NO. 301, 1-18 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2362.

CAMERON, K, 1997, DES, 9-10 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2377.

ROUNDHOUSE

CAMERON, K, 1997, EXCAV OF CANDLE STANE RSC, 1-25 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2351.

CAMERON, K, 1999, EXCAVATION OF AN IRON AGE TIMBER STRUCTURE BESIDE THE CANDLE STANE RECUMBENT STONE CIRCLE. IN PSAS 129 (1999), 359-372, PSAS 129, 359-72 (Bibliographic reference). SAB6598.

Jan 30 1997 , AAS/97/03/CT23,26,33-40, AAS/97/03/CT23,26,33-40 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB16656.

Jan 30 1997 , AAS/97/03/CT42-43, AAS/97/03/CT42-43 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB19702.

Jan 30 1997 , AAS/97/03/G7/4-10, AAS/97/03/G7/4-10 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB16655.

Mar 1 1997 , AAS/GR/97/CT72-73,134-137, AAS/GR/97/CT72-73,134-137 (Ground Photograph). SAB33017.

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