The Shields

Nearest town:
Stonehaven (10km S)
OS reference:
NO8891696434
OS sheets:
38, 45
Latitude:
57° 3' 32.14 N
Longitude:
2° 10' 57.96 W
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Image of The Shields (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by drewbhoy

The hut circle looks beyond the trees over to Auchlee, home to a RSC and Ring Cairn.

Image credit: drew/amj
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 13, 2018

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The Shields

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Mar 17, 2018

This hut circle has taken a fair beating in its time but it still retains a sense of shape being over 12m wide. Sadly this wall has in some parts gone but some of it remains at almost two metres wide and 0.5m tall. As can be seen from the photos some of the building material is still in place.

From the RSC at Auchlee head further west past the cottage of the same name then almost double on the farm track walking next to the Shields Burn through a narrow strip of trees. At some point about 300m down track climb the fence, jump the burn and head south through the boggy field. Climb over the next fence and the hut circle shouldn’t be to hard to find. Sadly nearby small cairns seem to have vanished.

A fine way to spend a spare hour near Portlethen, at least this time I didn’t land in the burn.

Visited 4/1/2018.

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