Moss Farm Road Stone Circle

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Moss Farm Road Stone Circle

Moss Farm Road Stone Circle (or Machrie Moor 10) is the remains of a Bronze Age burial cairn, surrounded by a circle of stones. It is located near Machrie on the Isle of Arran in Buteshire

Description

The cairn and stone circle is situated three miles north of Blackwaterfoot on the west side of the Arran.[1] Around half a mile to the east are the Machrie Moor Stone Circles, and this circle is sometimes known as Machrie Moor Circle 10.[2]

The cairn has been robbed for stone, and a modern fence and a farm track have cut through the north side of the site.[3] It was once surrounded by a complete circle of stones with a diameter of 75 feet, but many have been removed. The kerb now consists of seven upright stones, around 1 metre high with at least five more large stones now on edge.[3]

Outside links

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  • Moss Farm - scheduled monument detail (Historic Environment Scotland)

References

  1. Moss Farm Road Stone Circle, Historic Scotland, accessed 1 May 2014
  2. Burl, Aubrey (2005). A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. pp. 114. ISBN 0300114060. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 CANMORE (RCAHMS) record of Moss Farm Road, Arran