Field Visit
Date 6 April 1989
Event ID 1095989
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1095989
This well-preserved stone circle is situated in a clearing within a conifer plantation, some 370m NE of Blindwells steading. It comprises nine stones set on an internal diameter of about 7.8m, but only five still remain upright. The largest (no. 1) is situated on the SW, but it is flanked by two comparatively small stones, and short and small stones appear to have been alternated around the rest of the ring. The stones are described clockwise starting with the tallest of the erect stones on the SW.
Stone 1 (SW) measures 1.4m by up to 0.7m and 1.2m in height.
Stone 2 (WSW) measures 0.7m by 0.5m and 0.8m in height.
Stone 3 (W) is a large fallen slab which measures 1.45m by 1.25m and at least 0.4m in thickness.
Stone 4 (NW) leans inwards and measures 0.9m by 0.6m and 0.65m in height.
Stone 5 (N) measures 0.9m by 0.5m and 0.6m in height; it may be the stump of a once-taller stone.
Stone 6 (NE) is a fallen kite-shaped boulder, measuring 1.45m by up to 1.1m and at least 0.4m in thickness.
Stone 7 (E) measures 1m by 0.75m and at least 0.35m in thickness; it has been dragged about 1.5m ENE of its original position and its stone-hole is clearly visible in the turf.
Stone 8 (SE) has fallen outwards and measures 1.75m by 1.1m and at least 0.6m in thickness.
Stone 9 (S) measures 0.95m by 0.55m and 0.6m in height.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 6 April 1989.
