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<< Our Photo Pages >> Wildshaw Burn - Stone Circle in Scotland in South Lanarkshire

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Wednesday, 03 March 2004  Page Views: 13218

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wildshaw Burn
Country: Scotland County: South Lanarkshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Douglas
Map Ref: NS882271  Landranger Map Number: 71
Latitude: 55.524795N  Longitude: 3.772529W
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
3 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.
3 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
4

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h_fenton visited on 23rd Sep 2010 - their rating: Amb: 3 Access: 3 Visited Wildshaw Burn stone circle as it was getting light, occasionaly surrounded by hill fog; the ground oozing water after heavy overnight rain. Most of the stones (I found 22) were submerged in puddles, a few others above the peaty ground were lying on their sides. Apart from a lost pair of glasses there were no obvious signs of modern human activity on the site - but still it was not exactly serene, on one side there is the hum of great electricity pylons and the other the M74 motorway. Not the easiest site to find, but it is where it is marked on the map

Wildshaw Burn
Wildshaw Burn submitted by h_fenton : One of the more prominent stones at Wildshaw Burn Stone Circle. 23 September 2010 @ 6.42am (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in South Lanarkshire

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Wildshaw Burn
Wildshaw Burn submitted by h_fenton : Most of the stones at Wildshaw Burn stone circle are like this - they are only just visible through the grass. In this photo you can see a total of three stones. 23 September 2010 @ 6.45am (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wildshaw Burn
Wildshaw Burn submitted by h_fenton : One of the more prominent stones at Wildshaw Burn Stone Circle. 23 September 2010 @ 6.42am (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NS8827 : Site of Wildshaw Burn Stone Circle by Chris Wimbush
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NS8827 : Northbound M74 by David Dixon
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NS8727 : Disused Sheep Stell by Chris Wimbush
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NS8726 : B7078 near Red Moss by Steven Brown
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Re: Wildshaw Burn by Anonymous on Monday, 31 May 2004
Condition:3
Ambience:7
Access:4
just come back from wildshaw burn, where we have noticed a strong correlation between stones as viewed from the centre and significant hills on the horizon. Its also possible to make 'sleeping beauties' out of the profiles of the rounded hills. A gem of a place. good job the road didn't get it.....
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Stone Circle reveals ancient secrets of rising and setting sun by Andy B on Sunday, 30 March 2003
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The archaeologists at Biggar Museum have just witnessed an equinox event at Wildshaw Burn stone circle last recorded some 4000 years ago reports The Peeblesshire News.

The team witnessed and filmed the sunrise and sunset of the spring equinox at the site near Crawfordjohn.

Tam Ward of the Museum said “This major megalithic monument was built at the beginning of the Bronze Age between 4000 and 4500 years ago, and has slowly been giving up some of its secrets over the last 13 years since its discovery by the local time team archaeologists. They now know that the builders of the circle could have worked out the longest and shortest days of the year by watching the rising and setting sun make alignments over pairs of stones in the circle.

“Now, after a very long and patient wait, we know that the ancient people could also work out the equinoxes, the mid point in time between the winter and summer solstices.

“We were not surprised to see the sun make perfect alignments over the stones, but even more spectacular was the sun setting beside the summit of Auchensauch Hill where there is a pre-historic burial cairn.

“We believe these alignments can never be described as co-incidence, but are a testament to the knowledge and skill of our Bronze Age ancestors.”

Said Tam: “This year will certainly be another one of major discovery for us as we have an exciting programme of work ahead. This will include a Bronze Age cemetery and hunter gather camps dating to over 6000 years ago.”

For the full story go to the Peeblesshire News website.
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