Tomnaverie Stone Circle

Tomnaverie Stone Circle, built around 2500 BC in Aberdeenshire, is a Bronze Age recumbent stone circle featuring a 6.5-ton horizontal stone flanked by uprights, surrounding a burial cairn used for cremations and aligned with lunar events and the distant peak of Lochnagar

Highlights

• Large stone table

• 360 degree over watch of valley

• Also features reconnaissance shelter from cold war era

  
  

Practical Information

• Car park enough for 8 cars

• Picnic benches available

• Seating points available up path

• 5-10 minute walk

  
  

Tips for visitors

• Steep climb stone path not wheelchair accessible

• Tourists often like to bring flower offering to the stone table

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Ferghas' Adventures

Ferghas trotted through the morning mist, his shaggy coat swaying as he climbed the hill to Tomnaverie Stone Circle. Drawn by the scent of wild thistles and the quiet pull of something ancient, he wandered between the towering stones until he reached the great stone table at the centre. As he stepped closer, a single blue flower beside the stone lifted gently into the air, glowing with soft light. It spun slowly, casting shimmering patterns on Ferghas’s fur, then floated down and nestled behind his ear. Ferghas blinked, gave a happy snort, and settled beside the stone, the flower’s glow pulsing gently like a heartbeat—as if the circle had chosen him. He rested and basked as the sun rose before giving one of his low soft Moos and walking on.

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