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Stone Circle sacred sites in United Kingdom

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Brisworthy Stone Circle

Brisworthy Stone Circle

Shaugh Prior, Devon, United Kingdom

On the windswept heights of Ringmoor Down, twenty-four weathered granite stones mark a space where Bronze Age communities gathered four thousand years ago....

Gors Fawr stone ring, Mynachlog-ddu, Dyfed, England

Gors Fawr stone ring, Mynachlog-ddu, Dyfed, England

Mynachlog-ddu, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom

On remote moorland in the shadow of the Preseli Mountains, sixteen low stones form a circle that has survived intact for over four thousand years....

Boscawen-un Stone Circle

Boscawen-un Stone Circle

St Buryan, Cornwall, United Kingdom

In the fields near St Buryan in Cornwall, nineteen granite stones form an ellipse around a leaning central pillar bearing axe carvings found nowhere else in Britain....

Croft Moraig Stone Circle, Aberfeldy
Celtic/Prehistoric

Croft Moraig Stone Circle, Aberfeldy

Aberfeldy, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom

On the shores of Loch Tay, three concentric rings of stone mark a place held sacred for five millennia....

Kinnell stone circle, Killin
Celtic/Prehistoric

Kinnell stone circle, Killin

Killin, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom

In a quiet pasture east of Killin village, six standing stones have held their positions for perhaps four thousand years....

Castlerigg stone ring

Castlerigg stone ring

Keswick, Cumbria, United Kingdom

On a plateau near Keswick in the Lake District, forty stones form one of Britain's earliest and most atmospheric prehistoric monuments....

Long Meg and Her Daughters stone ring
Prehistoric

Long Meg and Her Daughters stone ring

Little Salkeld, England, United Kingdom

One of Britain's largest and oldest stone circles rises from the Eden Valley in Cumbria, its massive ring of granite daughters watched over by a single sandstone monolith...

Drumskinny Stone Circle, Drumskinny, Ireland
Prehistoric

Drumskinny Stone Circle, Drumskinny, Ireland

County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Rising from drained bogland in County Fermanagh, Drumskinny preserves a complete Bronze Age ceremonial landscape: stone circle, kerbed cairn, and alignment, arranged with...

Nine Stones Close Stone Circle, Youlgreave
Prehistoric

Nine Stones Close Stone Circle, Youlgreave

Derbyshire Dales, England, United Kingdom

Four weathered stones stand sentinel on Harthill Moor, remnants of a Bronze Age circle that once framed the setting Moon between the twin pillars of Robin Hood's Stride....

Merry Maidens Stone Circle
Prehistoric

Merry Maidens Stone Circle

Lamorna, England, United Kingdom

Rising from Cornish farmland near Land's End, the Merry Maidens stands as one of Britain's most complete Bronze Age stone circles....

Fernworthy Stone Circle
Prehistoric

Fernworthy Stone Circle

West Devon, England, United Kingdom

Hidden within a Dartmoor forest clearing, Fernworthy Stone Circle has stood for four thousand years....

Hurlers Stone Circles
Prehistoric

Hurlers Stone Circles

Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Rising from the windswept expanse of Bodmin Moor, the Hurlers comprise three stone circles aligned across the landscape like a question posed in granite....

Swinside Stone Circle
Prehistoric

Swinside Stone Circle

Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

Hidden on a Cumbrian fellside, Swinside Stone Circle rises from the grass with a completeness that has earned it the title 'loveliest of all the circles' in north-western...

Duddo Five Stones, Duddo
Prehistoric

Duddo Five Stones, Duddo

Duddo, England, United Kingdom

Five ancient stones stand on a windswept knoll above the River Tweed, their surfaces grooved by four thousand years of weather into forms that seem almost alive....

Duloe Stone Circle
Prehistoric

Duloe Stone Circle

Tredinnick, England, United Kingdom

Eight quartz stones rise from a Cornish field, their whiteness still luminous after four millennia....

Rollright Stones
Multi-faith

Rollright Stones

West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Three prehistoric monuments spanning nearly two thousand years crown this Cotswold ridge: a stone circle, a solitary king, and whispering knights plotting in stone....

Ballynoe Stone Circle, Downpatrick, Ireland
Prehistoric

Ballynoe Stone Circle, Downpatrick, Ireland

Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Rising from the green fields of County Down, Ballynoe Stone Circle holds five thousand years of accumulated silence....

Avebury
UNESCOPagan

Avebury

Avebury, England, United Kingdom

Avebury surrounds you rather than keeping you at a distance. Unlike its famous neighbor Stonehenge, this vast Neolithic monument invites you to walk among its massive...

Yockenthwaite stone circle
Prehistoric

Yockenthwaite stone circle

Buckden, England, United Kingdom

Hidden in the remote valley of Langstrothdale, the Yockenthwaite Stone Circle marks a four-thousand-year-old burial site where Bronze Age peoples laid their dead to rest....

Keswick

Keswick

Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

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Easter Aquorthies Stone Ring

Easter Aquorthies Stone Ring

Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Easter Aquorthies Stone Ring is a stone circle of sacred significance.

Callanish Standing Stone Circle
Pre-Christian

Callanish Standing Stone Circle

Callanish, Alba / Scotland

On the Atlantic edge of Lewis, thirteen standing stones form a circle older than the main phase of Stonehenge....

Moss Farm Road Stone Circle
Prehistoric

Moss Farm Road Stone Circle

Machrie, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom

On the western shore of the Isle of Arran, where a farm track leads into the ancient ceremonial moorland of Machrie, seven stones still stand in a broken ring....

Pobull Fhinn
Pre-Christian

Pobull Fhinn

Lochmaddy, Alba / Scotland

On the southern slope of Ben Langass, overlooking Loch Langass and the mountain Eaval, an oval of standing stones occupies a platform that Bronze Age hands carved from the...

Standing Stones of Stenness
Prehistoric

Standing Stones of Stenness

Stenness, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

On the narrow isthmus between the salt Loch of Stenness and the freshwater Loch of Harray, four surviving megaliths stand where perhaps twelve once formed an ellipse....

Temple Wood Stone Circle
Prehistoric

Temple Wood Stone Circle

Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom

In the heart of Kilmartin Glen, where western Scotland gathers its ancient monuments into one of Europe's densest prehistoric landscapes, Temple Wood Stone Circle stands...

Machrie Moor Stone Circles
Prehistoric

Machrie Moor Stone Circles

Machrie, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom

On the western coast of the Isle of Arran, a walk of a mile and a half across open moorland brings you to six stone circles arranged on a broad, flat expanse beneath the...

Callanish Stone Circle III
Pre-Christian

Callanish Stone Circle III

Callanish, Alba / Scotland

On a low ridge southeast of the main Callanish Stones, a double concentric ring of Lewisian gneiss has stood for nearly five thousand years....

Callanish Stone Circle 8
Pre-Christian

Callanish Stone Circle 8

Callanish, Alba / Scotland

On the southern coast of Great Bernera, three standing stones and one fallen companion form a semicircle at the edge of a sheer cliff above Loch Roag....

Callanish 4 Stone Circle
Pre-Christian

Callanish 4 Stone Circle

Callanish, Alba / Scotland

On rising ground above Loch Ceann Hulabhig, five standing stones of Lewisian gneiss form a quiet oval around a small burial cairn....

Callanish II Stone Circle
Pre-Christian

Callanish II Stone Circle

Callanish, Alba / Scotland

On a low ridge overlooking East Loch Roag, five standing stones and two fallen slabs trace an ellipse that once held ten uprights around a central cairn....

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