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Photo Pages: Machrie Moor 2 - Stone Circle in Scotland in Isle of Arran
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Submitted by kelpie on Monday, 08 December 2008 Page Views: 5319
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 Site Name: Machrie Moor 2 Country: Scotland County: Isle of Arran Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Brodick Nearest Village: Blackwaterfoot
Map Ref: NR9114132421 Landranger Map Number: 68
Latitude: 55.540663N Longitude: 5.311802W
Condition:| 5 | Perfect | | 4 | Almost Perfect | | 3 | Reasonable but with some damage | | 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site | | 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks | | 0 | No data. | | -1 | Completely destroyed |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access | | 4 | Short walk on a footpath | | 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk | | 2 | A long walk | | 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find | | 0 | No data. |
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Accuracy:| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates | | 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map | | 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map | | 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village | | 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town | | 0 | no data |
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Stone Circle in Arran (Argyll). These fantastic tall pillars dominated the moorland.
Note: Machrie Moor is category finalist in The Times newspaper for Best Open Space (Britain), see comment
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 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by DrewParsons
What a beautiful island and with such lovely sites to visit. Machrie Moor 2 photographed in October 2009
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by DrewParsons
Photographed on a fine day in October 2006
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by thrip
Machrie Moor 2. May 2006
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by thrip
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by AngieLake
Machrie Moor 2, as dowsed for ritual movement (poss dance pattern?), in June 2002.
I don't intend to make a habit of posting dowsing plans, but due to what I have just found out about Machrie Moor 1, and its original timber circles and central horse-shoe setting, IF this circle DID originally have a similar set-up, maybe I was picking up on the very earliest ritual moves [pre-stone circle]? Also
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by AngieLake
Machrie Moor 2. Looking toward the circle from approx south, with a woman visitor giving scale to the height of the tallest oblong stone.
June 2002.
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by AngieLake
Machrie Moor 2. The stone at 30 degs from centre of circle, showing the sharp angle of the upper edge, similar to those in Stenness circle on Orkney.
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by AngieLake
Machrie Moor 2. The two tall menhirs at the NW arc of the circle. They are the tallest stones on Arran. One is a massive 5.5m high (18ft) according to one source, though I noticed that I'd recorded the oblong one with the deep weathering lines in it as 17'5" on my dowsing plan, so must have seen that somewhere, too.
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by AngieLake
Looking across Machrie Moor 2 circle from approx NNE, in June 2002. The mist seems to have lifted in that direction.
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by AngieLake
Machrie Moor 2. Looking approx west (left here) to north west across circle. (Small fallen stone near right recorded as N of centre of circle.)
June 2002.
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by AngieLake
Machrie Moor 2. This stone stands at 30 degs from centre of the circle.
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by AngieLake
Machrie Moor 2. An interestingly-shaped stone standing at 330 degs from centre of circle.
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by AngieLake
Machrie Moor 2. The smoother inner face of the stone standing at 300 degs of centre of the circle.
The whole area of the circle had just been mown.. they must have known I was coming! ;-)
 Machrie Moor 2 submitted by AngieLake
Looking approx. ESE across the impressive circle of Machrie Moor 2, in June 2002. To far right is a granite stone from the circle, which had been worked into a millstone during the 18th century. It's neighbour was fashioned in the same way. I recorded that the small stone lying at left was N in the circle.
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Re: Machrie Moor 2 (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 05 August 2002 | | My first visit to Scotland, and my first experience with standing stones. The ones at Machrie Moor were gorgeous, with the mountains above and the sea air blowing gently. I was totally stunned, even after seeing pictures of them the entire preceeding week. A brilliant, enduring monument to the early peoples of this island. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Machrie Moor 2 (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Saturday, 28 June 2003 | I visited Machrie Moor in May 2003 on a dull
overcast and wet day. I found the site
breathtaking. Devoid of any traffic or human
sounds. The backdrop of the mountains and the
cries of curlews make this a very special place
indeed. Recommended to anyone in need of some
quiet contemplation or a spiritual lift.
Adrian Knight | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Machrie Moor 2 (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Saturday, 01 November 2003 | This is the grouping of three stone menhirs at Machrie Moor. They've probably been submitted to death here but thought you all might enjoy this new view. We got rained on this day but it added to the forboding ambiance. It cleared enough for us to get some great shots of the stones.
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Re: Machrie Moor 2 (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 26 January 2004 | | a stunningly powerfull site,remember to wear good footwear.look in surrounding fields for more.Very small parking site nearby.Large hand shaped stone feals warm even on coldest days. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Machrie Moor 2 (Score: 1)
by tyrianterror on Sunday, 24 June 2007
(User Info | Send a Message) | | In the process up uploading another pic of the remains of this Machrie Moor circle, so adding to the 'done to death' tactics.Pic's from 1985 when I visited the site first time amongst a pile of pagans for Bealtaine when we had a festival there . | [ Reply to This ]
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Machrie Moor, Scotland Category finalist: Best Open Space (Britain) (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Monday, 08 December 2008
(User Info | Send a Message) | There is no car park at Machrie Moor, very little signage but plenty of weather. The rain is lashing down as I park up by a farmer's gate, cross the road and be thankful I'm in the company of David Aitcheson, a man who knows these moors.
With access only by foot, there are few people out at Machrie at any time - still fewer today, just a handful of brilliant yellow or red waterproofs permeating the mist and moisture of the peaty west side of the Isle of Arran.
As Machrie's nominator Jennifer Ratty says: "If Machrie Moor was iin the south of England, it would have a vast car park, heritage centre and hordes of visitors."
On her visit, she saw eagles, red deer and, off the west coast, dolphins and basking sharks.
But the real reason for visiting is that Machrie also has six closely grouped stone circles and a wealth of other Bronze Age and neolithic sites - some 60 prehistoric monuments including standing stones and cairns now within eyesight. "If you are here of a summer's afternoon, there is often no-one else about. It's glorious," says David, breezily.
We start the walk down a track called the Moss Farm road. The farm is now derelict, its decaying outhouses in keeping with the area. Two families now own the land, but 80 per cent is designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest and is mainly under the care of the Forestry Commission.
The first hunter gatherers arrived at Machrie around 6,500 years ago: the first farmer some 3,500 years ago. The Moor was abandoned as a settlement at the end of the Bronze Age but evidence of the period is stll widespread.
The farmers built the chamber cairns where their ancestors were buried or cremated, and one is on the track. David then plunges off the track to point out the remains of hut circles - impossible to have found otherwise. Then it is onto the Moor itself, and the series of stone circles.
More at
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/green_travel/article5198997.ece | [ Reply to This ]
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