Field Visit
Date 6 July 1999
Event ID 635161
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/635161
This recumbent stone circle is situated at the S end of an overgrown and dilapidated enclosure that shelters three stunted trees behind Druidstone Croft; a lone outlier stands at the N end of the enclosure. The circle, which occupies the leading edge of a SE-facing terrace, measures 14.5m in diameter and comprises at least six stones, made up of the two flankers, one leaning heavily (1) the other fallen (3), and four othostats (4–7); one of the latter has also fallen (5) and two are reduced to stumps (6 & 7). The recumbent stone (2) does not survive, though a cleared boulder has been dumped between the two flankers; lying about 3m apart, these face SSW. Several other boulders occur along the circumference of the circle, including an earthfast fragment (A) leaning steeply to the NNE and a long dressed block (B) exhibiting a row of wedge sockets sunk along the N edge of its upturned face. The orthostats around the N half of the ring have been removed, but a squared block (C) with a shot-hole in its upturned surface lying discarded to the N, and a larger slab nearby (D), may be fragments of the missing stones. Within the interior there is a cairn about 0.6m high and several chunks of white quartz can be seen amongst the cleared stones around its western margin. The outlying monolith to the NNW (E) is an impressive pillar measuring about 2.25m in height.
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW and KHJM) 6 July 1999
