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<< Text Pages >> Glen Shurig (Kilbride) - Stone Circle in Scotland in Isle of Arran

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Glen Shurig (Kilbride) Alternative Name: Glen Sherraig
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Isle of Arran Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Brodick
Map Ref: NR9936
Latitude: 55.576073N  Longitude: 5.190067W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Stone Circle in Isle of Arran

This now destroyed stone circle is recorded as Canmore ID 39685, which has an entry from 1910 saying: "On the right of the String Road going W in Glen Sherraig is a small ruined monument of which three small standing stones remain, so disposed as to suggest that the original structure was a double circle." By 1977, they add: "a search of the area indicated, failed to locate this feature."

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this now lost stone circle - see their entry for Glen Shurig, Kilbride, Arran. TNA tell us that "according to reverend Allan McNaughton in the New Statistical Account of the 1830s—it was destroyed. He said that, 'about twenty-four years ago, a very complete circle at the mouth of Glensheraig was removed, in clearing the field in which it stood for the operations of the plough.' "

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NR9936 : Old milestone by Chris Minto
by Chris Minto
©2020(licence)
NR9936 : Old Milestone by the B880, Glen Shurig, Kilbride parish by Milestone Society
by Milestone Society
©2019(licence)
NR9936 : Milestone 2, Arran (String) by Brian Robertson
by Brian Robertson
©2012(licence)
NR9836 : Glen Shurig by Brian Robertson
by Brian Robertson
©2012(licence)
NR9835 : Looking towards the String road by Brian Robertson
by Brian Robertson
©2012(licence)

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