Loanhead of Daviot

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One of Aberdeenshire's show sites. Restored RSC with central ring cairn. Sadly lacking in atmosphere owing to the dog walking park, mown grass, gravel, gates, notices and car park.

I'm now riding this double backed recumbent. A cleft yawns down through the great stone, splitting it into two slabs, each 2 feet thick.

Earlier, as I meditated at Tillyfourie, I could not clear my mind for its excitement over all these places to visit. Well, Loanhead, you legend, your name brought a tear to my eye in my first encounter with you on the page of Burl's Rings of Stone. But with your car park, brown sign and cut grass something of you has been ruined. Can we not with our meddling achieve the intent of our ancient ancestors - to see through stone into the cosmos?