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The Garioch

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In case you were wondering, The Garioch is a place in Aberdeenshire.

The view is dominated by Bennachie, a range of hills reaching 1733 feet. The best known, Mither Tap, has a vitrefied fort at its summit. Mither Tap is a tor, composed of a coarse granite and red felspar. The outermost wall of the fort runs round the bottom of the tor nearly 100ft. below the summit, and is about 15 ft. thick. Inside this, there is a second concentric wall about halfway up towards the summit.

Your Proprietor

Yes, me. A potted history, and a few hobbies. This page was prepared for work, so you may like to skip over the technical bits.

Visit Orkney

Follow the link for some pictures of Stromness harbour (taken at night) and the beach at Skara Brae. Comprehensive tourist information is included as it's a beautiful and hospitable place to visit.

Visit Cambridge

Follow the link to Cambridge, and see some of the sights.

Punt!

No, it's not an expletive, it's a method of getting around in Cambridge. See for yourself!

Want to look at some ancient monuments?

Index	This page contains a list of sites, sorted alphabetically by name and includes a map reference.
Orkney	The Orkney islands are located off the north coast of Scotland. Some of the nation's most important archaeological remains are to be found here, including Skara Brae, the best preserved Neolithic settlement in Western Europe.
Scotland	This now links to the main index for Archeological sites. These pages show photographs of a range of monuments, from standing stones to brochs. The oldest thing you are likely to see is about 6,000 years old, and the newest, about 2,000!
England	Not so much to see from England as yet, but give it time to grow.
Further Reading	As you may have guessed, I really enjoy visiting brochs, cairns, standing stones and other signs of our ancestors' activity. However, there is nothing like a well-researched book to add some background to these beautiful and fascinating sites.

Archaeological Links

Credits

Credit where it's due:

Photographs	Print and transparency photographs were taken using a Minolta X500 and a Canon 50E Digital photographs were taken using a Canon A85
Scanning	Prints were scanned using Microtek's ScanMaker E3 Transparencies were scanned using a Canon CanoScan FS2710.
Web space	Web space provided by Demon Internet
Links	Thanks to Andy Burnham for the web-ring Thanks to Paola Arosio for Stone Pages
Corrections	Thanks to Caragh McWhirr for pointing out that Oxen Craig (behind Mither Tap in the photo of Bennachie) is actually the highest peak, 35 feet taller than Mither Tap.
Contributors	My long-suffering wife, Elspeth, took many of these photographs. Elspeth navigated us to many of the sites using OS maps, GPS, grit and determination.

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