<< Our Photo Pages >> Machrie Moor 2 - Stone Circle in Scotland in Isle of Arran
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Machrie Moor 2Country: Scotland County: Isle of Arran Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Brodick Nearest Village: Blackwaterfoot
Map Ref: NR91143242 Landranger Map Number: 68
Latitude: 55.540654N Longitude: 5.311817W
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 |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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. |
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 |
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drolaf visited on 10th May 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3 three 'Stennes' like stones remain. other stones are either fallen, or otherwise dismantled. More of a square than a circle? Two millstones at the SE.
bishop_pam visited on 27th Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 3
Greengirl visited on 2nd Mar 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Easy to find, small car park at the beginning of the walk, which is along farm tracks (can be muddy). Be prepared to walk about 2km to reach all sites.
Catrinm visited on 2nd Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Followed the Old Stones route to get to all the machrie moor circles which was very helpful
AstroGeologist visited on 9th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 MM2 : This is the EIGHTH site you encounter when heading East from the Beach at Machrie. From the car park 'Machrie Moor 2' (3 Menhirs & 2 Millstones) is 2.1km away
Originally this Stone Circle had 7 or 8 Red Sandstone Menhirs. Now only 3 remain standing. The tallest of which is 4.9m high
Excavations by J.Bryce in 1861 uncovered a Cist (90cm long, 55cm wide and 65cm deep) in the centre of the circle, containing an inhumation, and accompanied by an Irish tripartite bowl, and four Flint Flakes.
A second smaller Cist was found not far from the Menhir in the NE arc, but he didn't find anything inside it.
There are two millstones, of a different rock type to the other stones, in the south-east arc, and look to be from a later date.
*Getting There ; Get the '322 bus' to Blackwaterfoot from the Ferry terminal at Brodick. It takes approx 45 minutes.
From Blackwaterfoot you can go directly to the Moor by following the A841 road which is a 5.5km walk (It took me about an hour on the way back)
Or you can take the scenic route which is 8.5km. The long way follow's the beach to Drumadoon Point, and then onto the Doon Hillfort, after exploring the Fort you walk along the beach path to Kings Caves (These part's of the journey are covered in log visits for these sites)
From the Caves you can go along the shore to Machrie Bay (which would have been shorter) but instead l followed the trail path up Torr Righ Mor (137m) and around the Pine forests on Torr Righ Beag (109m) until l reached to visitors car park. From here it's a 15 minute walk to the visitors car park at Machrie Moor.
This is the 8th site you encounter when coming from the car park.
SandyG visited on 22nd Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3
Andy B visited on 25th Aug 2016 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 2
sirius_b visited on 7th Jul 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2
jeffrep visited on 2nd Jun 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2
Richard13 visited on 1st Oct 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
BolshieBoris visited on 1st Aug 1996 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2
MegalithJunkie visited - their rating: Amb: 5
Ogham Bladup ukvegan DrewParsons AngieLake tyrianterror tom_bullock maddy kelpie have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.73 Ambience: 4.83 Access: 2.73
Note: Machrie Moor is category finalist in The Times newspaper for Best Open Space (Britain), see comment
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