Stone Circles

The most well-known of prehistoric monuments. They are ostensibly rings of upright standing stones, generally ellipsoid in structure (Alexander Thom did the 7-category assessment), with seemingly multifunctional usage: moot sites, ritual centres and probably alignments. Generally created from the late neolithic through to Iron Age period. In this category are also included sites now defined as ‘ring cairns’ and other circular neolithic and Bronze Age monuments – but it must be stressed that the function of such sites differs from the standard megalithic rings.

STONE CIRCLES:  Bibliography & References

  1. Ash Cabin Flat, Hallam Moor, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
  2. Auld Kirk o’ Tough, Corrennie Moor - see Old Kirk of Tough
  3. Backhill of Drachlaw, Fortrie, Aberdeenshire
  4. Backstone Circle, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
  5. Baildon Moor Circle, West Yorkshire
  6. Balbirnie, Markinch, Fife
  7. Balhaggardy, Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire
  8. Balnacraig, Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire
  9. Balquhain, Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire
  10. Beckhampton Penning, Avebury, Wiltshire
  11. Blackheath Circle, Todmorden, West Yorkshire
  12. Brackenhall Circle, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire
  13. Bradup, Morton Moor, West Yorkshire
  14. Braehead, Leslie, Aberdeenshire
  15. Brimham Rocks, Summerbridge, North Yorkshire
  16. Broad Stones, Clatford, Wiltshire
  17. Cairn Riv, Fortrie, Aberdeenshire
  18. Carse Farm (north), Dull, Aberfeldy, Perthshire
  19. Carse Farm (south), Dull, Aberfeldy, Perthshire
  20. Castlerigg, Keswick, Cumbria
  21. Chapel Flat, Dalston, Cumbria
  22. Cheetham Close, Egerton, Lancashire
  23. Cleatop, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire
  24. Corrydown, Kirkton of Auchterless, Aberdeenshire
  25. Croft Moraig, Kenmore, Perthshire
  26. Crow Hill Cairn Circle, Midgley Moor, West Yorkshire
  27. Cultoon, Islay, Argyll
  28. Cunninghar, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire
  29. Druid’s Altar, Bordley, North Yorkshire
  30. Drumfours, Muir of Fowlis, Aberdeenshire
  31. Dumpit Hill A, Hebden, Grassington, North Yorkshire
  32. Dumpit Hill B, Hebden, Grassington, North Yorkshire
  33. Dunino, Fife
  34. Eggleston, Durham
  35. Frogden Circle, Linton, Roxburghshire
  36. Gask, Westhill, Abderdeenshire
  37. Girdle Stanes, Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire
  38. Glenquickan, Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire
  39. Grubstones Circle, Ilkley Moor - see Roms Law, Burley Moor, West Yorkshire
  40. Glassonby Circle, Cumbria
  41. Gleneagles, Blackford, Perthshire
  42. Gull Stones, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
  43. Haer Stanes, Llanbryde, Banffshire
  44. Harden Moor, Bingley, West Yorkshire
  45. Harestanes, Ancrum, Roxburghshire
  46. Harestanes, Fortrie, Aberdeenshire
  47. Harlaw, Fairnington, Roxburghshire
  48. Harperstone Circle, Dunblane, Stirlingshire
  49. Hawk Hill, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
  50. Hazell Circle, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
  51. Healey, Masham, North Yorkshire
  52. Hordron Edge, Moscar Moor, Derbyshire
  53. Horncliffe Circle, Hawksworth Moor, West Yorkshire
  54. Innesmill, Urquhart, Moray
  55. Kilmarie, Kirkibost, Strathaird, Skye
  56. King’s Men, Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire
  57. Kinnell, Killin, Perthshire
  58. Kirkmoor Beck Farm, Fylingthorpe, North Yorkshire
  59. Little Meg, Glassonby, Cumbria
  60. Loanend, Leslie, Aberdeenshire
  61. Loanhead North, Daviot, Aberdeenshire
  62. Loanhead South, Daviot, Aberdeenshire
  63. Long Meg and Her Daughters, Little Salkeld, Cumbria
  64. Loupin Stanes, Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire
  65. Lundin Farm, Aberfeldy, Perthshire
  66. Machuim, Lawers, Loch Tay, Perthshire
  67. Mains of Hatton, Kirkton of Auchterless, Aberdeenshire
  68. Marchwell, Glencorse, Midlothian
  69. Mudbeck Ring, Arkengarthdale Moor, North Yorkshire
  70. Na Clachan Bhreige, Kirkibost, Skye, Inverness-shire
  71. Nether Corskie, Dunecht, Aberdeenshire
  72. Nettlehole Ridge, Skipton, North Yorkshire
  73. Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  74. Newcraig, Daviot, Aberdeenshire
  75. Nine Stones Close, Harthill, Derbyshire
  76. Old Kirk of Tough, Corrennie Moor, Kirkton of Tough, Aberdeenshire
  77. Pitglassie, Kirkton of Auchterless, Aberdeenshire
  78. Rawthey Bridge, Fell End, Ravenstonedale, Westmorland
  79. Ringstone, Cropredy, Oxfordshire
  80. Ringstone, Whaley Bridge, Cheshire
  81. Ringstone Edge, Barkisland, West Yorkshire
  82. Ringstone Hill, Brierley, South Yorkshire
  83. Ringstone Wood, Howden, East Yorkshire
  84. Ringstones, Lowgill, Lancashire
  85. Ring Stones, Worsthorne, Lancashire
  86. Robin Hood’s Penny Stone, Wainstalls, Halifax, West Yorkshire
  87. Roghadal, Harris, Outer Hebrides
  88. The Rollright Stones, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
  89. Rombald’s Ring, Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire (NEW FIND)
  90. Roms Law, Burley Moor, West Yorkshire
  91. Sheep Scar, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire
  92. Shielburn, Fortrie, Aberdeenshire
  93. Sithean Mor, Shian, Iona, Argyll
  94. Snowden Crags, Askwith Moor, North Yorkshire
  95. Soldier’s Trench, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire - see Brackenhall Green
  96. Stannary, Halifax, West Yorkshire
  97. Sunhoney, Midmar, Aberdeenshire
  98. Sunken Kirk, Clatt, Aberdeenshire
  99. Sunken Kirk, Windley, Derbyshire
  100. Swinside, Hallthwaites, Millon, Cumbria
  101. Temple of Anaitis, Lusta, Waternish, Skye
  102. Temple Stones, Potterton, Aberdeenshire
  103. Temple Wood, Kilmartin, Argyll
  104. Tigh na Ruaich, Ballinluig, Perthshire
  105. Tigh Stallar, Boreray, St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides
  106. Tofthills, Clatt – see Sunken Kirk
  107. Tullibody, Clackmannanshire
  108. Twelve Apostles, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
  109. Walshaw Dean, Wadsworth Moor, West Yorkshire
  110. Weecher, Faweather, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire
  111. Wester Biggs, Dunblane, Perthshire
  112. The Whetstones, White Grit, Churchstoke, Montgomeryshire
  113. Windy Hill Circle, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire

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