Greenhill

Nearest town:
Peterhead (7km NE)
OS reference:
NK097401
OS sheet:
30
Latitude:
57° 27' 4.18 N
Longitude:
1° 50' 18.05 W
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Images

Image of Greenhill (Stone Circle) by drewbhoy

Removed to neighbouring field to be used as a back scratcher.

Image credit: drew/amj
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 14, 2009
Image of Greenhill (Stone Circle) by drewbhoy

The site of the circle which looked south towards Hatton.

Image credit: drew/amj
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 14, 2009

Articles

Greenhill

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 14, 2009

After yesterdays sad discovery at Westertown little did I expect the same thing to happen again. On the way to Corbie Knap Greenhill farm is passed. So the perfect opportunity to visit. On asking permission to view the site I was told by the farm’s occupant that the farmer had grown tired of ploughing around the stones and had therefore dug a hole and buried them, leaving brown earthy marks. Nothing grows on this patch.

The occupant was genuinely sad but said some stones had been pulled aside and dumped round the farm, during previous site destruction. One had been set up in a neighbouring field, another beside the garden and two dumped in amongst piles of stones and farm waste. The circle must have been made of red and grey granite.

Follow the directions to Corbie Knap, Greenhill is on the north side of the road.

(Maybe safer for me to stay at home tomorrow!)

Visited 14/10/09.

Link

Greenhill
Stone Circle
gjrk
gjrk Dec 9, 2009
The Heritage Journal

An article on the loss of the last remaining stone of this circle, only ten years, or so, ago:

“.., I was told by the present occupant that the farmer had grown tired of ploughing around the stone. Therefore he dug a hole and buried it.”

by Alexander Jarvie.

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