The Tyrebagger stone circle stand upon a hillside north west of Aberdeen and overlooks Aberdeen airport. Julian Cope mentions that the circle was surrounded by trees when he visited it but these had been cleared away by the time I visited the circle seven years after him. This has meant that the extensive views from the circle can now be more easily appreciated.
The circle consists of ten upright red granite stones and these are graded in height towards the recumbent and its flankers in the usual fashion. The ring cairn and banking one would expect to see in a recumbent circle are also present. The circle commands a fine position on its hillside but now has a modern radio transmitter for company. However such is the timelessness of this place that it is the transmitter that looks incongruous and not the stones.
The huge recumbent has fallen away from its original position and now leans inwards at forty five degrees. Thankfully all the other stones stand as they have for the past four millennia.
