St. Brandan's Stanes

St. Brandan's Stanes is a recumbent stone circle in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire. The stone circle is located in a field.

The ground plan shows two pillars with, between them, a recumbent stone 8 feet long. In front of the pillars lie four large blocks and, close to the east face of the east pillar, an almost square block, vertical and apparently earth fast. This may be the beginning of an inner stone-setting. The east pillar shows signs of having been split and part-removed, in modern times. The west pillar has eight cupmarks near its base. In or before 1866 there were twelve, but some may have been obscured by the growth of grass and weeds around the base.