Re: Save Sighthill Stone Circle | Forum

moss wrote:

bauheed wrote:

Sighthill Stone Circle in North Glasgow was built in 1979 according to various star alignments. Although it is not old in the usual Modern Antequarian sense it is still a cosmic, spiritual place and important. Glasgow City Council want to destroy it and the surrounding park to make way for a new sports facility. Sign the petition to help save this unique place:

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/glasgow-city-council-scrap-their-plans-to-demolish-sighthill-park-and-its-stone-circle?utm_source=supporter_message&utm_medium=email

More on the background to the Sighthill Stone Circle can be found here:
http://www.sighthillstonecircle.net/briefhistory.asp

Well there is some more substantial support to save the circle as the following link shows....

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/top-uk-scientist-calls-for-stones-to-be-saved.19807728?

It would be nice to think that equally high profiled people will support the upkeep and renovation of 'real' stone circles around the countryside that are falling into disrepair and disappearing from sight because they are not seen as being iconic enough. Down here at Minions we have the iconic Hurlers triple stone circles visited by thousands every year, yet just a stones throw away on Craddock Moor the circle there is lying in complete ruin with most of the stones now buried beneath the turf and gorse, so much so that most have great difficulty in finding it.
Knowing where all the known circles are and attempting to find those still to be discovered are vital to our understanding of the area they are in otherwise we will stay in limbo forever.

Good luck to all supporting Sighthill, a circle that at least we all know about and realise why it was built.