Midmar Kirk Recumbent Stone Circle

"The recumbent stone circle at Midmar Kirk probably dates from the Bronze Age and consists of eight stones making up an incomplete ring measuring 17m in diameter.

The recumbent stone on the south west side is flanked by two pillar stones, the tallest pair in the ring.

Midmar Kirk was deliberately built in close proximity to the circle, the result of an 18th century belief that the monument was a Druid religious structure - Druidism at this time was thought to be an offshoot of Christianity. It has now been incorporated into the landscaped grounds of the graveyard."
https://canmore.org.uk/site/18001/midmar-kirk

Today we were in Aberdeenshire heading to have lunch with friends in Torphins where we used to live. My husband had the inspired idea that we should stop at Midmar Kirk so that I could take some photographs of the stone circle in the churchyard for today's blip.

I'm so glad we did. It's an idyllic spot on a quiet country hillside and it always seems  an extraordinarily calm and serene spot. If we still lived there I'd consider it the ideal spot in which to be buried.

One extra shows the information board and the other is taken from the North side of the circle.