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Tormore 2
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Tormore 2 submitted by AngieLake on 9th Sep 2008. Going by my sketch on the day, this view is looking towards a gap in the hills to the NE.
[Checked this site grid ref on www.danu.co.uk/gallery/info/stones/mosscairn.html. Calling it "Moss Farm Cairn", "grid ref NR 90590 32367", they say that it is: "An excavated cairn circle which lies in a field south of trackway to Machrie Moor just west of Moss Farm."
It was definitely between Moss Farm Road Circle and the main Machrie Moor circles.]
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Log Text: this looks like it was a sizable cairn originally, east facing facade. It is located on a low hill overlooking the Machrie valley, and intervisible with the possible cursus on the hill to the SW.
Moss farm chambered cairn
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Moss farm chambered cairn submitted by Bladup on 10th Jun 2014. Moss farm chambered cairn.
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Log Text: just two stones of a chamber left. possibly faced west, towards Tormore 2
Machrie Moor 5
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Machrie Moor 5 submitted by jeffrep on 30th Jul 2013. Machrie Moor 5, sometimes called "Fingal's Cauldron Seat," consists of two almost perfectly preserved rings of granite boulders.
The Machrie Moor Stone Circles are located at the end of a 1-1/2 mile track that is off of the A841 (some 200 yards south of the bridge where the main road crosses the Machrie Water) and three miles north of Blackwaterfoot in the western part of the Isle of Arran in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Log Text: impressive double ring of granite stones. Like the other Machrie sites 'excavated' by Bryce the 'Destroyer', the centre is lumpy and may not represent original structure.
Machrie Moor 4
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Machrie Moor 4 submitted by Bladup on 9th Jun 2014. Machrie Moor 4.
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Log Text: looks like a four 'poster' to me
Machrie Moor 3
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Machrie Moor 3 submitted by DrewParsons on 12th Dec 2009. The fluted top of the tall remnant of Machrie Moor 3 looking towards the east. Photographed in October 2006
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Log Text: an impressive tall stone. it seems it is uncertain if the other stones were also tall.
Machrie Moor 2
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Machrie Moor 2 submitted by DrewParsons on 12th Dec 2009. October 2006
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Log Text: 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.
Machrie Moor 6
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Machrie Moor 6 submitted by Bladup on 9th Jun 2014. Machrie Moor 6.
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Log Text: the lowest and wettest of the Machrie circles in this group. just to the north of Machrie 1.
Lamlash
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Access 4
Lamlash submitted by Aska on 16th May 2019. The 4 posters.
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Log Text: four main stones plus other small ones. an outlier to the SE. views of Goatfell to the NNW.
Monamore
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Access 3
Monamore submitted by Creative Commons on 13th Feb 2011. Meallach’s Grave - Aug 2007
Chambered cairn looking north. Storm damaged trees from New Year's Eve 2006/7.
Copyright Alan Murray Walsh and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: A hill location, facade facing NW. Flat area in front of facade, Tail on a steep downhill.
A similar situation to Bennan.
Giant's Graves (Isle of Arran)
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Giant's Graves (Isle of Arran) submitted by tsujigiri on 28th Jul 2005. First shot from behind the site. The day was a bit rainy off and on and the overcast sky made the lighting a bit iffy for my digital camera. The climb up was very invigorating and well worth the effort.
Unfortuneately, I neglected to get a shot from the front of the main site. Maybe next time I'm up there.
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Log Text: a large chambered cairn with large north facing facade. At its tail is a much smaller chambered cairn facing west. The cairns are on a 'land island' surrounded by lower land, with steep down hill to east (to the coast) and steep uphill to the west. Extensive views to Goatfell NNW.
Largybeg Point
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Access 4
Largybeg Point submitted by Andy B on 5th Mar 2017. Another view of the alignment. Visited August 2016
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Log Text: two standing stones and possible cairn material. Located on a headland with view NNE to Holy Island and SSW to Ailsa Craig.
South Sannox
Date Added: 14th May 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 4th May 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
South Sannox submitted by Aska on 16th May 2019. Can you recognize the circle?
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Log Text: a lovely little banked circle, on the lower slopes of Goatfell. Leveled with banking to the N- NE. No obvious entrance evident and about 15m diameter. so maybe not a hut circle. or, maybe a hut circle.
Machrie Moor 1.
Date Added: 14th May 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Machrie Moor 1. submitted by SandyG on 1st Feb 2019. View from above and west.
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Log Text: circle of 6 granite alternate with 6 sandstone boulders . on site of previous timber circle
North Sannox Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 14th May 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 4th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
North Sannox Chambered Cairn submitted by nicoladidsbury on 2nd Sep 2004. Grid Ref:015467
A large, partly destroyed, chambered cairn, with one remaining stone standing. The cairn overlooks North Sannox Burn, and lies just below a modern plantation. There are many hut circles and cairns in the plantation, and a hill fort to the North West nearby. The cairn is named "Lag nan Sasunnach" Grave of the Stranger
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Log Text: cairn overgrown with two uprights
Stronach Ridge Rock Art
Date Added: 14th May 2023
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 8th May 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stronach Ridge Rock Art submitted by samricemonkey on 1st Sep 2013. Photo of cup-and-ring marks near Brodick, Arran (Stronach Ridge).
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Log Text: A 'wow' for rock carving afficionados. a perfect site to visit on a rainy day on Arran. The unusual 'lollypops' differ from the usual cup and concentric rings elsewhere.
Baile Meadhonach
Date Added: 14th May 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Would like to visit
Baile Meadhonach submitted by Skryabin on 14th Nov 2022. Ruined burial cairn at Baile Meadhonach, Arran
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Replica Bronze Age Round House at Brodick Castle
Date Added: 14th May 2023
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 8th May 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Replica Bronze Age Round House at Brodick Castle submitted by drolaf on 14th May 2023. Brodick replica roundhouse
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Log Text: A great visit-the fire had been prepared 2 hours before, so the hot air and smoke was filtering well through the roof (bracken and thatch). Sat inside it was only smoky in the upper space. Definitely not as smoky as sitting round a fire in the open. A lovely space that seems so much bigger than its 6m diameter would suggest. We got about 20 people inside on the benches.
Clach Mhic Leoid
Date Added: 29th May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Harris)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Clach Mhic Leoid submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Clach Mhic Leoid (McLeods Stone) Standing Stone NG040972. Pointing out towards St Kilda with Taransay in the background.
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Log Text: On a hill overlooking a pristine sandy beach. Stone. Aligns east west
Clach An Truishal
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 22nd May 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Clach An Truishal submitted by BERNARDEDWARDS on 12th Sep 2019. September morning before Bahama Storm Dorian remnant rolls in...
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Log Text: parking area nearby with a short 50m walk
Achmore
Date Added: 29th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Achmore submitted by pab on 21st Sep 2011. Achmore Stone Circle.
Looking towards the east, across the top of the plan.
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Log Text: None