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Arran, Machrie Moor

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Stone Circle(S) (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Site Name Arran, Machrie Moor

Classification Stone Circle(S) (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Canmore ID 39699

Site Number NR93SW 1

NGR NR 90876 32351

NGR Description centred on NR 90876 32351

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Machrie Moor, oblique aerial view, centred on a group of stone circles.
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Administrative Areas

  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish Kilmory
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cunninghame
  • Former County Buteshire

Archaeology Notes

NR93SW 1.00 centred on 90876 32351

See also NR93SW 3, NR93SW 10, NR93SW 11.

NR93SW 1.01 NR 9101 3245 Stone circle (A: 'Machrie Moor 3')

NR93SW 1.02 NR 9100 3235 Stone circle (B: 'Machrie Moor 4')

NR93SW 1.03 NR 9113 3242 Stone circle (C: 'Machrie Moor 2')

NR93SW 1.04 NR 9120 3239 Stone circle (D: 'Machrie Moor 1')

NR93SW 1.05 NR 9121 3241 Stone circle (E: 'Machrie Moor 3')

(Name: NR 9107 3240) Stone Circles (NR).

OS 6" map (1924)

Five 'Stone Circles', A : at NR 9101 3245, B : at NR 9100 3235; C : at NR 9113 3242, D : at NR 9120 3239, and E : at NR 9121 3241 are shown on OS 6". They are described individually under NR93SW 1.01 to 1.05 respectively.

Information from OS Recorder (IF) 22 February 1973

Discussion on these 'Stone Circles'.

H A W Burl 1976

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Aerial Photography (13 December 1996)

1996 RCAHMS Aerial Survey

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