Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
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 ...
Great Crowns of Stone: The Recumbent Stone Circles of Scotland. Edinburgh: RCAHMS. ISBN 978-1-902419-55-8. Welfare, Adam (2011a). Halliday, Stratford (ed.). Great Crowns of Stone: The Recumbent Stone Circles of Scotland Gazetteer and Appendices (PDF). RCAHMS. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 December 2019. – only published online
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.
Pages in category "Lists of stone circles in Scotland" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... List of stone circles in Dumfries and Galloway; R.
It was long believed that the stone, which sits in the middle of the iconic circle, came from Wales, but new research suggests it actually came from hundreds of miles away in Scotland, raising new ...
The archetypical stone circle is an uncluttered enclosure, large enough to congregate inside, and composed of megalithic stones. Often similar structures are named 'stone circle', but these names are either historic, or incorrect. Examples of commonly misinterpreted stone circles are ring cairns, burial mounds, and kerb cairns.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us