#Bennachie

[thesilicontribesman]

Lower Section of 'The Maiden's Causeway', an ancient route linking 'The Maiden Stone' Pictish Symbol Stone and Mither Tap Pictish Hillfort on Bennachie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

[ailishsinclair]

The Romans had a point. Parts of Scotland really do feel like the edge of the world. Oxen Craig on Bennachie. #bennachie #aberdeenshire #scotland #hill #hills #hillwalking #hillwalkingscotland (at Oxen Craig) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiUZ9HXL-nG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[smellofwater]

The Maiden stone

The stone’s traditionally linked with a daughter of the laird of Balquhain. She’s said to have made a wager with a stranger that she could bake a good supply of bread before he could build a road to the top of the nearby hill of Bennachie. But the stranger turned out to be the Devil. He finished the road before the bread was ready, and returned to claim the maiden as a reward. As she fled, he…

[scotland-all-day-long]

East Aquhorthies Stone Circle Sunset, Aberdeenshire

Erected about 4,000 years ago, East Aquhorthies Stone Circle is a recumbent stone circle – a monument type only found in north-east Scotland. It has a large stone set on its side and flanked by two upright stones, usually on the south or south-west part of the circle.

The stones here appear to have been chosen for their colour. They’re all rough, pinkish porphyry, except for:

the stone next to the east flanker, which is red jasper

the two flanking stones, either side the recumbent stone, which are grey granite

the recumbent stone, which is made of red granite quarried from near Bennachie which you can see in the background.

Located near Inverurie in north-east Scotland, it is one of the best-preserved examples of a recumbent stone circle and one of the few that still have their full complement of stones and the only one that has all its stones still standing without having been re-erected.

The placename Aquhorthies derives from a Scottish Gaelic word meaning "field of prayer", and may indicate a "long continuity of sanctity" between the Stone or Bronze Age circle builders and their much later Gaelic successors millennia later.

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Winter morning sky over Bennachie, Scotland

[tombs111]

Bennachie in the snow.

[logiecountryhouse]

What a fantastic, freezing, snowy sunset over Bennachie tonight. 🥶🥶. #weddingvenue #weddingvenuescotland #scottishwedding #exclusiveweddingvenue #exclusiveuseweddingvenue #castlewedding #castleweddingvenue #castleweddingscotland #engaged #happilyeverafter #yourdayyourway #marriagequote #weddingquote #edinburghwedding #uniqueweddingvenue #barnwedding #marqueewedding #awardwinningweddingvenue #countryhousewedding #destinationwedding #destinationweddingscotland #scottishweddingdirectory #highlandwedding #tietheknot #exclusiveusevenue #outdoorwedding #aberdeenwedding (at Logie Country House) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl65eluLElq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[craigquik]

Want to win an E9G custom painted, full custom build @bird_mtb Zero29 with some sweet parts courtesy of @bike_bothy_pitfichie, and@20.twenty.store, and help to raise money for @aberdeenshiretrail at the same time? Hit the link in our bio to find out how! // #lookgoodgofast #E9Gcustompaint #bennachie #mtbscotland #competition #aberdeenshire #mtbuk #custombikes #custompaint #birdbikes #bikesarerad @e9gcustompaint — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/h2cU5XE

[scotianostra]

Snow Bound Summits by Steve Whitmarsh Via Flickr: From the summit of Craigshannoch on Bennachie, we can see across to Oxen Craig from where we've just come. That completes the 3 peaks on Bennachie, and it's not even lunchtime!

[itskateart]

Music meets weaving. My long-abandoned wall weaving mostly finished.

I intend to submit this piece as part of Generator Projects Member's Show once I have covered it in leaves and textured bits of foliage to make it look like a hillside scene.

[thesilicontribesman]

Upper Section of 'The Maiden's Causeway', an ancient route linking 'The Maiden Stone' Pictish Symbol Stone and Mither Tap Pictish Hillfort on Bennachie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

[ailishsinclair]

Romans + Celts = some rather complicated romance. SISTERS AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, coming September 21st. Preorder: mybook.to/sistersedge Background photo taken on Bennachie which features in the book. Aikey Brae stones on cover. #HistoricalFiction #ancientworld #scottishbooks #Bennachie #romance #paperpack #kindle #history #aberdeenshire #scotland #romans #celts #monsgraupius #aikeybrae #bookstagram #ukbookstagram #scottishbookstagram #readersgonnaread #booklover #bibliophile #books #novels (at Bennachie) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiCHwQXouel/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[plumbobbles]

I’m gonna answer all of the asks I’ve received since before I went on hiatus at some point today i wish i was a game changer so i could be posting about Strangerville stuff instead

But first, I’m away to walk up a literal hill

[msleaf]

trees in bennachie

[shuttergremlin]

[travelless]

Bennachie - Aberdeenshire, Scotland - Travel photography