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Easter Aquhorthies stone circle, located near Inverurie in north-east Scotland, is one of the best-preserved examples of a recumbent stone circle, and one of the few that still have their full complement of stones and the only one that has all its stones still standing without having been re-erected. It stands on a gentle hill slope about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Inverurie, and consists of a ring of nine stones, eight of which are grey granite and one red jasper. Two more grey granite stones flank a recumbent of red granite flecked with crystals and lines of quartz. The circle is particularly notable for its builders' use of polychromy in the stones, with the reddish ones situated on the SSW side and the grey ones opposite. The discovery of a possible cist covered by a capstone at the centr

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  • Easter Aquhorthies stone circle (en)
  • Easter Aquhorthies (de)
  • Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle (nl)
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  • Easter Aquhorthies, auch East Aquhorthies genannt, ist ein Steinkreis des Typs Recumbent Stone Circle (RSC). Easter Aquhorthies liegt etwa viereinhalb Kilometer westlich von Inverurie in Aberdeenshire in Schottland. (de)
  • De Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle is een Recumbent Stone Circle uit het neolithicum, gelegen zo'n vier kilometer ten westen van in de Schotse regio Aberdeenshire. (nl)
  • Easter Aquhorthies stone circle, located near Inverurie in north-east Scotland, is one of the best-preserved examples of a recumbent stone circle, and one of the few that still have their full complement of stones and the only one that has all its stones still standing without having been re-erected. It stands on a gentle hill slope about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Inverurie, and consists of a ring of nine stones, eight of which are grey granite and one red jasper. Two more grey granite stones flank a recumbent of red granite flecked with crystals and lines of quartz. The circle is particularly notable for its builders' use of polychromy in the stones, with the reddish ones situated on the SSW side and the grey ones opposite. The discovery of a possible cist covered by a capstone at the centr (en)
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