Recumbent Stone Circle

The Recumbent Stone Circles (RSC - Circles with horizontal stone) are megalithic stone circles. They come in the county of Aberdeenshire in Scotland before and sporadically in the southwest of Ireland, dated to the Neolithic or the outgoing beginning Bronze Age. In recent years has rendered outstanding especially Richard Bradley to researching the find category. He dug out Tomnaverie (1999), Cothiemuir Wood and Aikey Brae (2001 ), and writes the circles a lunar orientation.

Feature of the RSC 's is a " lying stone " accompanied by two standing, high, often pointed " edge stones " that are part of the circle, or are near the circle.

Scotland

Common feature of the stone circles on both sides of the River Dee is a large stone ( a petrological other kind ) which lies between two specially shaped upright standing stones. The " -stone " is often south-southwest. The best examples are the Scottish Loanhead of Daviot north and the Easter Aquhorthies west of Inverurie. The circles of Cothiemuir Wood, Nine Stanes, Midmar, Old Keig, Sunhoney, Tomnaverie and Tyrebagger are the handsomest among the 65 registered in Aberdeenshire circles. The inner circle was usually paved with pebbles and contained a small cairn. The circles were built between about 2300 to 1800 BC.

The circle of Cullerlie carries inside, radially arranged, seven smaller stone circles, at the center of an eighth, formed by a double row of stones is circular ( see figure). The stone circle of Torhousekie has a stone set in the middle. Some counties ( Balquhain, Berrybrae, Dunnideer ) show traces intentioneller destruction.

Ireland

The stone circles lie in the coastal areas of the counties of Cork and Kerry. They are usually much smaller ( Five Stony circles) than the Scottish. They originated around 1800 BC your checkers are also about to the southwest. In contrast to the circles in Scotland they have a portal from two large stones, which is located opposite the recumbent stone and they contain no grave mound. Well-preserved examples are the 17 -stone circle Drombeg west of Skibbereen, and the " 8 -stone circle " of Derreenataggart, both in County Cork. Smaller or damaged circuits are at Ahagilla (also Bealad ) at Bohonagh in Ardgroom Carrigagrenane NE, Glantane East, Maunatanvally, Reanascreena and Shronebirrane.