Neil Ackerman)/ Aberdeen County Council Archaeological Service Like many stone circles in the northeast of Scotland, the stone circle near alford has a huge "lying" stone near its southwest. The characteristics of replicas like this make local archaeologists believe that the newly discovered stone circle was built 3500 to 4500 years ago. But researchers later learned that the farm was built by a former owner in the 1990s.
Ancient landmark
(Stu Smith/Creative Commons) The ancient monument called "Stone Circle" is only found in some parts of northeast Scotland and Ireland, although there are thousands of stone circles with or without lying stones everywhere in Britain and Europe. One of the best-preserved recumbent stone circles is the Easter Aquarium near Inverelly in the northwest of Aberdeen. KDSP Local Features KDSP》《KDSP (photo credit: Stu Smith/Creative Cumon) KDSP More than 90 stone circles built in Neolithic age are said to exist in northeast Scotland. Archaeologist. Debate whether they are used for astronomical observation, for example, to determine the mid-winter sunrise-an important day in early agricultural communities-or to perceive the movement of the moon. Most lying stone circles in Scotland are on high ground, and you can see the surrounding landscape-just like this old stone circle near Kirkton village, Burty, near Inverury.
Stone Ball in Neolithic Age (National Museum of Scotland) Another prehistoric art form mainly found in northeast Scotland is the mysterious stone ball in this area. Archaeologists are not sure what these stone balls are for. They can be traced back to about 5000 years ago.
Wei Tuo Ball (Scottish National Museum) The most famous Neolithic stone carving ball is called Wei Tuo Ball, which was discovered after the village was discovered in19th century. Since then, more than 500 similar objects have been found, mainly in northeast Scotland, but also in Orkney Islands and parts of Ireland.
The complete circle (Neil Ackerman/Aberdeen County Council Archaeological Service) is a replica of the stone circle built near alford, which is smaller than usual and about 25 feet (7 meters) in diameter. Compared with an average of about 33 feet (65,438+00 meters), archaeologists say that this is a very loyal ancient stone circle in northeast Scotland.
Stone of the Times (Neil Ackerman/Aberdeen County Council Archaeological Service) Archaeologists believe that the farmer built a circle of replicated stones, which were cleared from nearby fields. Archaeological researchers said that he didn't try to deceive anyone with replicas; Instead, he seems to celebrate the scenery with replicas.