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The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland records 16 stone circles in the Scottish Borders. Of these, three are marked as 'possible'. [ 1 ] Aubrey Burl 's gazetteer lists the same number: 2 in Berwickshire ; 2 in Peebleshire ; 10 in Roxburghshire ; and 2 in Selkirkshire .
Stone circles in Scotland, circular alignments of standing stones. They are commonly found across Northern Europe and Great Britain , and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age eras, with most concentrations appearing from 3000 BC.
Aubrey Burl lists 43 stone circles in Dumfries and Galloway: 15 in Dumfriesshire; 19 in Kirkcudbrightshire; and 9 in Wigtonshire. [5] The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland records 49 stone circles in the region. Of these 49, 24 are listed as 'possible'; one is an 18th-century construction; and a number have ...
This is a list of stone circles located in the Dumfries and Galloway council area. It is compiled from Aubrey Burl 's 'County Gazetteer of the Stone Circles in Britain, Ireland and Brittany' [ 1 ] and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland 's 'Canmore' database. [ 2 ]
Haltadans, also known as Fairy Ring or Haltadans stone circle, is a stone circle on the island of Fetlar in Shetland, Scotland. [1] This site is a ring of 38 stones, [ 2 ] of which 22 are still fixed in the soil, and it is 11 metres (37 ft) in diameter. [ 3 ]
It is the only major henge and stone circle in Britain which is an almost perfect circle. Most henges do not contain stone circles; Brodgar is a striking exception, ranking with Avebury and Stonehenge among the greatest of such sites. [1] The ring of stones stands on a small isthmus between the Lochs of Stenness and Harray. These are the ...
Pages in category "Lists of stone circles in Scotland" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The stone circle consists of thirteen stones and has a diameter of 11.4 metres. The stone circle is not a perfect circle, but is a ring with a flattened east side (13.4 metres north–south by 12 metres east–west). The stones have an average height of three metres. The ring covers an area of 124 square metres.