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

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