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View from Mulloch road of Eslie the Greater Recumbent Stone Circle looking over Feughside in the direction of Banchory

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Eslie the Greater Recumbent and flankers viewed from the East and looking towards Scolty Hill near Banchory and Feughside

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Eslie the Greater west flanker in foreground looking past the recumbent to Mulloch where evidence of hut circles can be found on the distant hill line

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Eslie the Lessler Recumbent Stone Circle, higher than the Greater Circle has the better views towards Clachnaben and Feughside

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Eslie the Lessler stone circle set on the southern slopes of Tilquhillie Hill and with spectacular views over Feughside

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The Garrol Wood Recumbent Stone Circle, also called the Nine Stanes, lies in a forest clearing to the south of Banchory and the River Dee

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Garrol Wood Stone Circle monolith set against a frosty winter morning sunshine easily accessed from the nearby Blairydryne to Strachan Road through Mulloch Forest

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The Nine Stanes Recumbent Stone Circle looking across the cleared woodland site towards the Mulloch Hill

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Autumnal larches give a dramatic backdrop to the westerly flanker at the Nine Stanes recumbent circle in Mulloch Hill forest

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A weathered outer monolith gives an eerie focus to the distant view of the recumbent and flanker of this stone circle last excavated in 1904 by Aberdeen University

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Glassel Stone Circle set in a small clearing and seen best as approached backlit through the established larch forest not far from the Glassel to Banchory road.

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The Glassel Stones lit by a southerly afternoon sunshine set in a small and intimate clearing in a peaceful forest

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Glassel Stone Circle is a delightful small circle with a feel of being a place for fairies with its small secret location and without the scale and location of the larger recumbent circles

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Aquhorties Recumbent Stone Circle is one of three circles near Portlethen on the coast of Aberdeenshire south of the city

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Bourtreebush Recumbent Stone Circle near Portlethen with its huge monolith is the middle of the three circles, the other being located on the nearby golf course to the north.