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Latitude: 55.5253 / 55°31'31"N
Longitude: -3.7722 / 3°46'19"W
OS Eastings: 288223
OS Northings: 627154
OS Grid: NS882271
Mapcode National: GBR 243K.45
Mapcode Global: WH5TB.1D02
Entry Name: Thirstone,stone circle 1300m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 6 September 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5094
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring
Location: Crawfordjohn
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
A stone circle, 40m in diameter, sits on a south-west facing slope 100m east of Wildshaw Burn. 13 stones are visible, with at least a further 10 located below the peat by probing. There is a possible outlier c. 10m beyond the circle to the north. The area to be scheduled measures 150m x 150m to include the stone circle and an area around it in which traces of activity associated with its use will survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a rare example of a stone circle in lowland Strathclyde. As such it has the potential to enhance our understanding of the area in the early prehistoric period. It is of particular importance because it is covered by an accumulation of peat which may have preserve palaeoenvironmental evidence for the contemporary landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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