Aikey Brae stone circle, now 5 stones.
Aikey Brae stone circle is a late Bronze Age stone circle near Old Deer in Aberdeenshire.
It is reached via a signposted minor road that heads south from the B9029 approximately midway between Maud and Old Deer.
The stone circle has five stones still standing (including the recumbent) and five that are fallen.
It is located on the summit of Park house Hill, and is also known as Park house Hill stone circle.
The recumbent stone is one of the largest in Aberdeenshire, weighing about 21.5 tonnes.
The circle is between 15 and 16.5 metres wide and surrounded by a ring bank.
The Brae itself was the site of a battle in 1308, between the remnants of John Comyn’s forces retreating from the Battle of Barra and Edward Bruce, brother of Robert The Bruce.
A fair was established on the site of the battle in later years and became one of Scotland’s greatest horse fairs, it sadly finally died out in the 1980’
Credit to Kenny Bruce
