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Standing Stone
Standing Stone sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
11 standing stone sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Standing Stone sacred sites overview
Standing Stone sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
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Auchencar Standing Stone
Machrie, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom
On the west coast of the Isle of Arran, where the coastal road runs between the mountains and the sea, a tall blade of red sandstone rises from a sheep field near...
Ballymeanoch Neolithic site, Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom
In Kilmartin Glen, where more than 350 ancient monuments cluster within six miles of a quiet village, Ballymeanoch holds its ground with particular intensity....
Lund Standing Stone
Baltasound, United Kingdom
On the low moorland of southwest Unst, the most northerly inhabited island in the British Isles, a massive gneiss boulder stands roughly 3.8 metres tall with a girth...
Macleod's Stone
Tarbert, United Kingdom
On a small hillock above Traigh Iar beach on the west coast of Harris, a single standing stone has held its ground for approximately five thousand years....
Mor Stein
Shapinsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
On the southeastern shore of Shapinsay, one of the inner Orkney Islands, a single standing stone rises roughly ten feet from the turf....
Nether Largie standing stones, Argyll, Scotland
Kilmartin, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom
Five massive stones stand in an X-shaped pattern at the heart of Kilmartin Glen, mainland Scotland's richest prehistoric landscape....
Rudston Monolith
Rudston, England, United Kingdom
Rising nearly eight meters from a Yorkshire churchyard, the Rudston Monolith has anchored human spiritual activity for over four millennia....
Standing Stone of Hollandstoun
North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
On North Ronaldsay, the most northerly of Orkney's inhabited islands, a standing stone known as the Stan Stane rises approximately four metres from the ground....
Stone 'O Quoybune
Birsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
The Stone 'O Quoybune rises three and a half metres from a field beside the Loch of Boardhouse in the parish of Birsay, on Mainland Orkney....
The Devils Arrows
Boroughbridge, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the fields west of Boroughbridge, the Devil's Arrows are among Britain's tallest and most mysterious standing stones....
The Setter Stone
Eday, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
On the island of Eday, one of Orkney's less-visited northern isles, a single standing stone rises approximately four and a half metres from the moorland....
Key questions
Standing Stone sacred-site questions
- What standing stone sacred sites are included?
- Standing Stone sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 11 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these standing stone sites located?
- Major country clusters include United Kingdom.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Celtic and Prehistoric, Christianity, Multi-faith.
- Can I view standing stone sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Compare the country and tradition clusters, switch to map view for geography, then use site pages for practical context and related places.