Region : Grampian District : Kincardine & Deeside Town or village : Torphins Grid Reference : NO 648 996 Period :   2nd millennium BC  Glassel STONE CIRCLE

On a level platform with a steep drop to the Canny Burn (Kincardine and Deeside) lies this small setting of five red granite stones, 2.8m x 5.5m in diameter. The stones are graded in height from 0.84m to 0.99m, with the tallest to the south-west. To the north lies a prostrate slab of sandstone and 3m to the south there is a small diorite outlier. The site was excavated in the mid 19th century and in 1904. Glassel is probably a transition between recumbent stone circles and four-posters.

Other stone circles ------------------ Achmore Auchagallon Aviemore Balbirnie Balnuaran of Clava (Clava) Broomend of Crichie Burgh Hill Callanish Callanish II Callanish III Callanish IV Clachan an Diridh Corrimony Croft Moraig Cullerlie Fortingall Fowlis Wester Gask Girdle Stanes Glassel Glenquicken Glenterrow Lagmore West (Upper Lagmore) Lamlash (Blairmore Glen) Leys of Marlee (Ardblair) Lochbuie Loupin' Stanes Lundin Farm Machrie Moor 1 Machrie Moor 2 Machrie Moor 3 Machrie Moor 4 Machrie Moor 5 Machrie Moor 6 Monzie Moss Farm Road Na Clachan Bhreige Pobull Fhinn Ring of Brodgar (Brogar) Sandy Road (Scone) South Ythsie Stones of Stenness Temple Wood Torhousekie Twelve Apostles Other sites in Grampian ---------------------- Aikey Brae Aquhorthies Auquhollie Balquhain Berrybrae Broomend of Crichie Cothiemuir Wood Cullerlie Culsh Easter Aquhorthies Eslie the Greater Eslie the Lesser Glassel Lagmore West (Upper Lagmore) Loanhead of Daviot Memsie Midmar Kirk Nine Stanes (Garrol Wood) Old Keig Raedykes South Ythsie Strichen Sunhoney Tomnaverie Tyrebagger (Dyce)