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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Machrie Burn
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Arran Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Brodick  Nearest Village: Macrie Farm
Map Ref: NR90843511  Landranger Map Number: 68
Latitude: 55.564655N  Longitude: 5.318598W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 2 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
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Machrie Burn
Machrie Burn submitted by cosmic : Almost lost in bracken! (Vote or comment on this photo)
A 4-poster comprising 4 stones of granite each about 2' high standing 260' east of the Machrie Burn. They form a rectangle of about 11' by 9' with the long axis orientated approximately N-S.

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Machrie Burn
Machrie Burn submitted by Aska : Shoot in May 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Machrie Burn
Machrie Burn submitted by Bladup : Machrie Burn four poster. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Machrie Burn by enkidu41 on Sunday, 30 January 2005
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It's not in Burl's books on Stone Circles because he regards it as a 4-poster sub-type. It is in Burl's paper published as BAR British Series 195 where he calls it Machrie Burn. The rectangle formed is 11'2" x 8'9" and (Burl says) "the characteristic Arran interest in the cardinal points confirms this small setting as a true 4-poster".

Machrie Burn is the name by which this is commonly known and there seems no particular reason to follow RCAHMS in changing it.
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Re: Machrie Burn by cosmic on Sunday, 30 January 2005
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The rarest of things - a stone circle NOT in Burl's book yet listed in the RCAHMS Database. They call it Machrie Farm so probably the name should be changed on Megalithic Portal.

The four stones are all about two feet high and are in roughly a rectangular formation making it presumably a 4 Poster.
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