S - Simpson, Archibald to stone circle
Simpson, Archibald
b 1790 Guestrow, Aberdeen d 1847 Bon Accord Sq., Aberdeen.
Architect responsible for the design of many of the most important early 19th century buildings in the North East esp his native Aberdeen.
![Pin heads. Six ball shaped black objects, smooth and glossy with some cracks, and holes on the bottoms, which are slightly flattened. They are about the size of a large marble. Pin heads. Six ball shaped black objects, smooth and glossy with some cracks, and holes on the bottoms, which are slightly flattened. They are about the size of a large marble.](https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/files/square_thumbnails/20ac469c966ea2b8cd5e405e09137aa3.jpg)
Shale pin heads found as part of a hoard next to Crichie stone circle, Inverurie (6th cent.)
ABDUA:15645
![Bead. A small, fat ring shaped bead made of greenish grey glass, with scratches and scuffs. Bead. A small, fat ring shaped bead made of greenish grey glass, with scratches and scuffs.](https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/files/square_thumbnails/50dd78af59f038216d147ce812caab6e.jpg)
Merovingian glass bead from Castle Hill 'stone circle', Kintore (6th cent.)
ABDUA:15519
![Flanged Axe Axe Axehead Flanged Axe Axe Axehead](https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/files/square_thumbnails/23ee90a2e6f2d401fce8bfe981d44f10.jpg)
Flanged bronze axe from circle at Tamnaverie, Coull (c1600 - 1000BC).
ABDUA:19651
![Leaflets. Three leaflets with illustrations, diagrams, photographs and information about specific stone circles in Aberdeenshire. Leaflets. Three leaflets with illustrations, diagrams, photographs and information about specific stone circles in Aberdeenshire.](https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/files/square_thumbnails/8641ab6cbabd3e0d922886cd4bb4db11.jpg)
Grampian Regional Council archaeology leaflets.
LEMUR:1000030
stone circle n
A circle of standing stones where ritual activities took place in antiquity
Recumbent ~
A variant found only in North East Scotland where the largest block is laid on its edge at the south of the circle.
The third millenium BC was a period of great social change in the British Isles. Certain parts of the country began to take on more of a regional identity, characterised by new types of monument... they point to the development of a more hierarchically based form of social organisation, with the basis of power and authority rooted in the ritual associated with the monuments...
Trevor Cowie 1988 Magic Metal