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
- Acharn Falls, Kenmore – see Greenland
- Allt a’ Chaisteal, Bettyhill, Farr, Sutherland
- Ash Cabin Flat, Hallam Moor, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Auld Kirk o’ Tough, Corrennie Moor – see Old Kirk of Tough
- Backhill of Drachlaw, Fortrie, Aberdeenshire
- Backstone Circle, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
- Baildon Moor Circle, West Yorkshire – see Lower Glovershaw
- Balbirnie, Markinch, Fife
- Balhaggardy, Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire
- Balnacraig, Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire
- Balquhain, Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire
- Beckhampton Penning, Avebury, Wiltshire
- Blackheath Circle, Todmorden, West Yorkshire
- Blakey Topping, Allerston, North Yorkshire
- Bombie, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire
- Borland Glen, Glendevon, Perthshire
- Brackenhall Circle, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire
- Bradup, Morton Moor, West Yorkshire
- Braehead, Leslie, Aberdeenshire
- Brimham Rocks, Summerbridge, North Yorkshire
- Broad Moss I, Rattray, Perthshire
- Broad Moss II, Rattray, Perthshire
- Broad Stones, Clatford, Wiltshire
- Caddam, Kirriemuir, Angus
- Cairn Riv, Fortrie, Aberdeenshire
- Calverley Woods, Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Carse Farm (north), Dull, Aberfeldy, Perthshire
- Carse Farm (south), Dull, Aberfeldy, Perthshire
- Castlerigg, Keswick, Cumbria
- Chapel Flat, Dalston, Cumbria
- Cheetham Close, Egerton, Lancashire
- Clachaig, Bridge of Balgie, Glen Lyon, Perthshire
- Clachanah, Kilspindie, Perthshire
- Clachan Aoraidh, Balquhidder, Perthshire
- Cleatop, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire
- Cliff Cottage Circle, Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire
- Cnoc Dubh, Moulin, Pitlochry, Perthshire
- Colpy, Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire
- Corrydown, Kirkton of Auchterless, Aberdeenshire
- Craigendowie, Lethnot & Navar, Angus
- Creich Manse, Brunton, Fife
- Croft Moraig, Kenmore, Perthshire
- Crow Hill Cairn Circle, Midgley Moor, West Yorkshire
- Culhawk Hill, Kirriemuir, Perthshire
- Cultoon, Islay, Argyll
- Cunninghar, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire
- Cupar Stones, St. Martin’s, Perthshire
- Druid’s Altar, Bordley, North Yorkshire
- Druid’s Ring, Lochearnhead, Perthshire
- Drumend, Rattray, Perthshire
- Drumfours, Muir of Fowlis, Aberdeenshire
- Dumpit Hill A, Hebden, Grassington, North Yorkshire
- Dumpit Hill B, Hebden, Grassington, North Yorkshire
- Dunino, Fife
- Dunmoid, Dalginross, Comrie, Perthshire
- Easter Nether Urqhuart, Gateside, Fife
- Easthill, Auchterarder, Perthshire
- East Whitefield, Cargill, Perthshire
- Eggleston, Durham
- Fancarl Top, Appletreewick, North Yorkshire
- Fingal’s Cauldron Seat, Machrie Moor, Kilmory, Arran
- Four Stanes, Glendevon, Perthshire
- Frogden Circle, Linton, Roxburghshire
- Gask, Westhill, Abderdeenshire
- Girdle Stanes, Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire
- Glassonby Circle, Cumbria
- Gleneagles, Blackford, Perthshire
- Glenquickan, Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire
- Glenshervie Burn, Glen Almond, Perthshire
- Glen Shurig, Kilbride, Arran
- Greenland, Acharn, Kenmore, Perthshire
- Grubstones Circle, Ilkley Moor – see Roms Law, Burley Moor, West Yorkshire
- Gull Stones, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
- Haer Stanes, Llanbryde, Banffshire
- Handsome Cross Circle, High Bradfield, South Yorkshire
- Harden Moor, Bingley, West Yorkshire
- Harestanes, Ancrum, Roxburghshire
- Harestanes, Fortrie, Aberdeenshire
- Harlaw, Fairnington, Roxburghshire
- Harperstone Circle, Dunblane, Stirlingshire
- Hawk Hill, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
- Hazell Circle, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
- Healey, Masham, North Yorkshire
- Hillhead, Forgue, Aberdeenshire
- Hill of Ballunie, Kettins, Perthshire
- Hordron Edge, Moscar Moor, Derbyshire
- Horncliffe Circle, Hawksworth Moor, West Yorkshire
- Innesmill, Urquhart, Moray
- Kilmarie, Kirkibost, Strathaird, Skye
- King’s Men, Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire
- Kinnell, Killin, Perthshire
- Kipps, Linlithgow, West Lothian
- Kirkmoor Beck Farm, Fylingthorpe, North Yorkshire
- Kirktonhill, Channelkirk, Berwickshire
- Kirkton of Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire
- Little Balmae, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire
- Little Meg, Glassonby, Cumbria
- Loanend, Leslie, Aberdeenshire
- Loanhead North, Daviot, Aberdeenshire
- Loanhead South, Daviot, Aberdeenshire
- Long Meg and Her Daughters, Little Salkeld, Cumbria
- Loupin Stanes, Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire
- Lower Glovershaw, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire
- Lundin Farm, Aberfeldy, Perthshire
- Machrie Moor 1, Kilmory, Arran
- Machrie Moor 2, Kilmory, Arran
- Machrie Moor 3, Kilmory, Arran
- Machrie Moor 4, Kilmory, Arran
- Machrie Moor 5, Kilmory, Arran – see Fingal’s Cauldron Seat
- Machrie Moor 6, Kilmory, Arran
- Machuim, Lawers, Loch Tay, Perthshire
- Mains of Hatton, Kirkton of Auchterless, Aberdeenshire
- Marchwell, Glencorse, Midlothian
- Meikle Whitefield, Cargill, Perthshire
- Millden, Glen Esk, Edzell, Angus
- Mudbeck Ring, Arkengarthdale Moor, North Yorkshire
- Na Clachan Bhreige, Kirkibost, Skye, Inverness-shire
- Nether Corskie, Dunecht, Aberdeenshire
- Nettlehole Ridge, Skipton, North Yorkshire
- Newbigging, Lethnot & Navar, Angus
- Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
- Newcraig, Daviot, Aberdeenshire
- Nine Stones Close, Harthill, Derbyshire
- Ninewells, Caputh, Perthshire
- Old Kirk of Tough, Corrennie Moor, Kirkton of Tough, Aberdeenshire
- Pipers Stones, Blessington, County Wicklow
- Pitglassie, Kirkton of Auchterless, Aberdeenshire
- Rawthey Bridge, Fell End, Ravenstonedale, Westmorland
- Ringstone, Cropredy, Oxfordshire
- Ringstone, Whaley Bridge, Cheshire
- Ringstone Edge, Barkisland, West Yorkshire
- Ringstone Hill, Brierley, South Yorkshire
- Ring Stone Hill, Catlow, Nelson, Lancashire
- Ringstone Wood, Howden, East Yorkshire
- Ringstones, Lowgill, Lancashire
- Ring Stones, Worsthorne, Lancashire
- Robin Hood’s Penny Stone, Wainstalls, Halifax, West Yorkshire
- Roghadal, Harris, Outer Hebrides
- The Rollright Stones, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
- Rombald’s Ring, Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire (NEW FIND)
- Roms Law, Burley Moor, West Yorkshire
- Sheep Scar, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire
- Shielburn, Fortrie, Aberdeenshire
- Sithean Mor, Shian, Iona, Argyll
- Snowden Crags, Askwith Moor, North Yorkshire
- Soldier’s Trench, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire – see Brackenhall Green
- Stannary, Halifax, West Yorkshire
- Stone Rings, Pannal, North Yorkshire
- Sunhoney, Midmar, Aberdeenshire
- Sunken Kirk, Clatt, Aberdeenshire
- Sunken Kirk, Windley, Derbyshire
- Swinside, Hallthwaites, Millon, Cumbria
- Templelands, Auchterhouse, Angus
- Temple of Anaitis, Lusta, Waternish, Skye
- Temple Stones, Potterton, Aberdeenshire
- Temple Wood, Kilmartin, Argyll
- Tigh na Ruaich, Ballinluig, Perthshire
- Tigh Stallar, Boreray, St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides
- Toad Stones, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire
- Tofthills, Clatt – see Sunken Kirk
- Tom-a-Clachan, Kirkmichael, Perthshire
- Torrnacloch, Dalbog, Edzell, Angus
- Tullibody, Clackmannanshire
- Twelve Apostles, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
- Walshaw Dean, Wadsworth Moor, West Yorkshire
- Weecher, Faweather, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire
- Wester Biggs, Dunblane, Perthshire
- The Whetstones, White Grit, Churchstoke, Montgomeryshire
- White Hill, Mony Musk, Aberdeenshire
- Whitehillocks Farm, Glen Clova, Angus
- Windy Hill Circle, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire
- Worshipping Stones, Balquhidder – see Clachan Aoraidh
- Yockenthwaite, Buckden, North Yorkshire