Sunhoney
Encyclopedia
Sunhoney is a stone circle
of the Recumbent stone circle type, which is common in the Grampian region, in particular at the River Dee
. it is about 2 km west of Echt
in Aberdeenshire
.
The diameter is about 25 m and is formed by 11 Stone of red granite
or gneiss
. When looking above the laying stone of grey granite you see the horizon of the hills to the south. The laying stone seems to have tumbled, its surface is covery by 31 cup marks. In side the circle is a ring cairn, which was added later. At the excavation in 1865 remains of cremation
s were discovered.
Another recumbent stone circle is about 2 km to the west, near the church of Midmar.
Stone circle
A stone circle is a monument of standing stones arranged in a circle. Such monuments have been constructed across the world throughout history for many different reasons....
of the Recumbent stone circle type, which is common in the Grampian region, in particular at the River Dee
River Dee, Aberdeenshire
The River Dee is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It rises in the Cairngorms and flows through Strathdee to reach the North Sea at Aberdeen...
. it is about 2 km west of Echt
Echt, Aberdeenshire
Echt is an Aberdeenshire crossroads village in northeast Scotland with a population of approximately 300 people. Echt has a number of prehistoric remains, including the so called Barmekin of Echt which is on a hill to the northwest...
in Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
.
The diameter is about 25 m and is formed by 11 Stone of red granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
or gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes from pre-existing formations that were originally either igneous or sedimentary rocks.-Etymology:...
. When looking above the laying stone of grey granite you see the horizon of the hills to the south. The laying stone seems to have tumbled, its surface is covery by 31 cup marks. In side the circle is a ring cairn, which was added later. At the excavation in 1865 remains of cremation
Cremation
Cremation is the process of reducing bodies to basic chemical compounds such as gasses and bone fragments. This is accomplished through high-temperature burning, vaporization and oxidation....
s were discovered.
Another recumbent stone circle is about 2 km to the west, near the church of Midmar.
Literature
- Anna and Graham Ritchie: Scotland – An Oxford Archaeological Guide. S. 149 Oxford University Press1998 ISBN 0-19-288002-0