Driving Around Isle of Bute | Stone Circles & Beach | Scotland

Описание: Blackpark Standing Stones (Kingarth)

South of Kingarth village, tucked up against a forest plantation, are the partial remains of a stone setting that may once have formed part of a larger stone circle. The standing stones are variously known as the Blackpark Standing Stones (for the Blackpark plantation), or as the Kingarth Standing Stones or Stone Circle.

Three stones remain of the original seven stones, each different in character. Two are conglomerate and the third is schist.

St Colmac Cottages Stone Circle

Standing in a farm field southeast of St Colmac Cottages and just east of Ettrick Bay stands a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circle of seven stones, though there may have originally been more. The stones are set within a circular bank enclosing an old beech plantation. An eighth stone stands immediately south of the circle.

Only four stones forming the circle still stand upright. Another three are now only stumps, though whether they were originally taller or not is unclear. The circle has an inner diameter of 13m (about 43 feet).

The tallest of the stones that make up the circle stands 2.4m (8 feet) high, while the shortest is just 0.55m (1.8 feet). The solitary stone outside the circle is 1.7m (5.5 feet) tall.

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