Hill forts · Scottish Lowlands
Machrie Moor Stone Circles
In or near Brodick.
Machrie Moor Stone Circles — archaeological site in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Machrie Moor Stone Circles is a hill fort in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: part of a Scheduled Monument. Part of Moss Farm, Machrie Moor, stone circles, cairns, hut-circles and fields. Wikidata describes it as: "archaeological site in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 55.5409°, -5.3133°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Machrie Moor Stone Circles is the collective name for six stone circles visible on Machrie Moor near the settlement of Machrie on the Isle of Arran, Scotland.
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Background
Description
Six stone circles are visible on the moor immediately east of the derelict Moss Farm. Some circles are formed of granite boulders, while others are built of tall red sandstone pillars. A radiocarbon date of 2030 ± 180 BCE has been found for the timber circle at Machrie Moor 1. Several hut circles can also be seen as low rings of turf-covered stone. At the summer solstice the notch is intersected by the sun at sunrise, and this may explain why the circles were sited in this location. Five other monuments in the area were numbered 6 to 10, and when subsequently a further stone circle was discovered almost completely submerged in peat in 1978, it was numbered Machrie Moor 11.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.5409, -5.3133
- District
- North Ayrshire
- Postcode
- KA27 8EA
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran
Sources
- wikidata: Q848901 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Machrie Moor Stone Circles (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Machrie Stone Circle 4 2012.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Machrie Moor Stone Circles?
- Machrie Moor Stone Circles is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode KA27 8EA).
- What is Machrie Moor Stone Circles?
- Machrie Moor Stone Circles — archaeological site in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.
- How do I get to Machrie Moor Stone Circles?
- Drivers can use postcode KA27 8EA.
- Who owns Machrie Moor Stone Circles?
- Machrie Moor Stone Circles is owned by Historic Environment Scotland.
- Is Machrie Moor Stone Circles a listed building?
- Machrie Moor Stone Circles is officially recognised as part of a Scheduled Monument listed.
- Is Machrie Moor Stone Circles free to visit?
- Yes, Machrie Moor Stone Circles is free to enter.
- How do I get to Machrie Moor Stone Circles?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KA27 8EA. It sits within the North Ayrshire and Arran parliamentary constituency.