Broomend of Crichie
Circle henge
NJ 779 196
This is just south of Inveruie on the A96 close to the road. There is a garage near the site on the roundabout as you approach the town from the south, take the small road just behind the garage and you should see the stones in a large field on your left. We parked by a large locked gate but just before this gate is a slightly hidden gap and footpath to the site.
The site is a circle henge and the shape can still be seen in an otherwise flat field. The henge is about 30m across but only 2 of the original 6 stones survive. A third stone here is a carved Pictish stone that was added to the remaining pair from 50m away. There was once an avenue of stones leading to the henge from the south and there is one stone remaining some 100m away in the field.
July 2006