2018
NR9132 : Machrie Moor Stone Circle 2
taken 6 years ago, near to Balmichael, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Machrie Moor Stone Circle 2
Six stone circles are visible on the moor immediately east of the derelict Moss Farm.
This stone circle is the most visually striking of the circles on Machrie Moor. The circle has a diameter of 13.7 metres, and may originally have consisted of seven or eight tall sandstone slabs, three of which survive intact, while stumps of others may be seen. The heights of the three intact stones range from 3.7 metres to 4.9 metres. Within the circle are two large stones, apparently cut from a fallen pillar, one of which now has a central hole as if for conversion to a millstone. Excavations in 1861 revealed a cist in the centre of the circle.A food vessel was found in this central cist. A second, empty, short cist was found between the centre and the northeast upright stone.
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