The monument is recorded in RCAHMS as NJ 82 SW 2.
Photographs used:
RCAHMS 1996 C56434 NJ 82 SW 2 Kirkton of Bourtie stone circle: recumbent.
References:
Burl, H A W 1973 'The recumbent stone circles of North'East Scotland', Pro. Soc. Antiq. Scot., 102, 1969'70, 60, 76, 78.
Burl, H. A. W. (1976) The stone circles of the British Isles, London and New Haven, 168, 174, 352.
Coles, F R 1902 'Report on the stone circles in Aberdeenshire (Inverurie, Eastern Parishes, and Insch District), with measured plans and drawings, obtained under the Gunning Fellowship', Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., 36, 1901'2, 513, 516.
Name Book (County) Original Name Books of the Ordnance Survey Aberdeenshire, no. 10 (1867), 36.
Thom, A 1967 Megalithic sites in Britain, Oxford, No. B1/7.
Thom, A., Thom, A. S, and Burl, H A W 1980 ' Megalithic rings: plans and data for 229 monuments in Britain', Brit Archaeol Rep, Brit Ser, 81, Oxford, 164'5.
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