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Stone Circle
Stone Circle sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
38 stone circle sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Stone Circle sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
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| Coverage | 38 stone circle sacred sites across the current atlas. |
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| UNESCO heritage | 1 UNESCO-tagged stone circle site appear in this browse view. |
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Akyū Ruins
Hara, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Six thousand years ago, the Jomon people gathered here to tend sacred fires beneath the gaze of Mount Tateshina....
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...
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....
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....
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....
Callanish 4 Stone Circle
Callanish, United Kingdom
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
Callanish, United Kingdom
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....
Callanish Standing Stone Circle
Callanish, United Kingdom
On the Atlantic edge of Lewis, thirteen standing stones form a circle older than the main phase of Stonehenge....
Callanish Stone Circle 8
Callanish, United Kingdom
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 Stone Circle III
Callanish, United Kingdom
On a low ridge southeast of the main Callanish Stones, a double concentric ring of Lewisian gneiss has stood for nearly five thousand years....
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....
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....
Drombeg Stone Circle, Glandore, Ireland
County Cork, West Cork, Ireland
On a gentle rise above the West Cork coast, seventeen stones form one of the finest examples of Ireland's distinctive Cork-Kerry axial stone circles....
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...
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
Tredinnick, England, United Kingdom
Eight quartz stones rise from a Cornish field, their whiteness still luminous after four millennia....
Fernworthy Stone Circle
West Devon, England, United Kingdom
Hidden within a Dartmoor forest clearing, Fernworthy Stone Circle has stood for four thousand years....
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....
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....
Kenmare Stone Circle, Kenmare, Ireland
Kenmare, Kenmare Municipal District, Ireland
Fifteen stones form an egg-shaped ring in the heart of Kenmare town, enclosing a massive boulder-burial with a seven-ton capstone....
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....
Komakino Stone Circle
Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Four thousand years ago, Jomon communities leveled a hilltop and arranged nearly three thousand stones in a configuration so distinctive that archaeologists named it the...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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....
Ōmori Katsuyama Stone Circle
Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Three thousand years ago, the Jomon people positioned this stone circle with extraordinary precision: on the shortest day of the year, the setting sun descends directly...
Ōyu Stone Circles
Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, Japan
On a plateau above the Oyu River in northern Japan, two stone circles have watched the summer solstice sun set along the same axis for 4,000 years....
Pobull Fhinn
Lochmaddy, United Kingdom
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...
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....
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....
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...
Tabata Stone Circle
Machida, Tokyo, Japan
Five minutes from a Tokyo train station, a ring of stones marks where Jomon peoples gathered three thousand years ago....
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...
Washinoki Stone Circle
Mori, Hokkaidō, Japan
Beneath a highway tunnel in southwestern Hokkaido lies Japan's largest stone circle, a 4,000-year-old Jomon burial site that was nearly destroyed by modern construction....
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....
Yubunezawa Stone Circle
Takizawa, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Four thousand years ago, Jomon peoples of northern Japan established this ground exclusively for the dead and for ceremony....
Key questions
Stone Circle sacred-site questions
- What stone circle sacred sites are included?
- Stone Circle sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 38 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these stone circle sites located?
- Major country clusters include United Kingdom, Japan, Ireland.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Celtic and Prehistoric, Shinto, Christianity, Nature Spirituality, Multi-faith.
- Can I view stone circle 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.