Description

The monument comprises a circle of small upright stones, dating from the Neolithic or Bronze Age. The two largest stones (one upright, one fallen) are already scheduled, but this proposal extends protection to the whole circle.

The circle, or more properly oval, is set on a gentle slope near to a stream. It is formed of 7 upright and one fallen stones, and there is a gap on the E side where two more stones seem to lie below the peaty surface. The tallest of the stones is barely 1m high, while the fallen stone is about 1.5m long. The plan is an oval, elongated slightly NE to SW, measuring very approximately 60m across. An old track cuts across the N part of the circle, showing as a band of gravel and small stones.

The area now to be scheduled is a circle, 80m in diameter, to include all of the stones and an area around and between them in which evidence relating to their erection and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland