Colmeallie stone circle

{{Short description|Stone circle in Glen Esk, Angus, Scotland}}

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The Colmeallie stone circle is a recumbent stone circle in Glen Esk, Angus, Scotland.{{citation

| title = The Recumbent Stone Circles of North East Scotland

| journal = Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

| volume = 102

| url = http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_102/102_056_081.pdf

| pages = 56–81

| last = Burl

| year = 1969

| first = H.A.W

| access-date = October 11, 2010}} It is located 8 km north of Edzell at Colmeallie Farm, adjacent to the unclassified road leading from the B966 to Tarfside and Loch Lee ({{gbmapping|NO565780}}).{{citation

| title = Stonehaven and Banchory

| work = Ordnance Survey Landranger Map

| edition = C1

| year = 2009

| isbn = 0-319-23168-2}}

Antiquarian Andrew Jervise recorded in 1853 that elderly locals could remember the circle being more complete, but that it had been recently plundered for building materials.{{citation

| last = Jervise

| first = A

| year = 1853

| title = The history and traditions of the land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns, with notices of Alyth and Meigle

| publisher = Sutherland and Knox

| location = Edinburgh

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dZ0HAAAAQAAJ | access-date = October 11, 2010}}