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The world's smallest stone circle…?

baza Oct 24, 2011 09:26:11

Is this our smallest stone circle?

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/101927/culblean.html

Canmore calls it a stone circle:

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/288354/details/culblean+hill/

What do you think?

Thanks go to Thelonius for hunting it down and posting it.

tiompan Oct 24, 2011 09:58:13

Replying to baza

baza wrote:

Is this our smallest stone circle?

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/101927/culblean.html

Canmore calls it a stone circle:

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/288354/details/culblean+hill/

What do you think?

Thanks go to Thelonius for hunting it down and posting it.

It looks like it beats this one .
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/31009/details/strone+hill/
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/10182/strone_hill.html

thelonious Oct 24, 2011 10:10:39

Replying to baza

guess there can't be many circles you can stand over to get a photo of the whole thing.

Sanctuary Oct 24, 2011 12:14:36

Replying to baza

baza wrote:

Is this our smallest stone circle?

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/101927/culblean.html

Canmore calls it a stone circle:

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/288354/details/culblean+hill/

What do you think?

Thanks go to Thelonius for hunting it down and posting it.

They're not earth fast though are they which 'suggests' it was the centre stone that is important and possibly being protected by the circular ring. The centre stone is earth fast I believe.

tjj Oct 24, 2011 13:22:30

Replying to baza

baza wrote:

Is this our smallest stone circle?

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/101927/culblean.html
Canmore calls it a stone circle:
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/288354/details/culblean+hill/
What do you think?
Thanks go to Thelonius for hunting it down and posting it.

How strange and lovely, a departure from what I think of as a stone circle. I accept that it is though - the central stone is 1.5m tall according to Canmore so bigger than it looks in the photo. It looks like a burial place to me.

The smallest stone circle I've personally seen is Little Meg which was puzzling to say the least, situated as it is in the field next to Long Meg and Her Daughters.

Moth Oct 24, 2011 17:19:28

Replying to baza

It seems like a very strange categorisation to me. Whatever the original 'function' of most (ha!) stone circles, it seems unlikely that this one had the same function.

That said, perhaps the term stone circle should be used for owt stoney & circular. Not specially helpful tho...

love

Moth

juamei Oct 25, 2011 20:49:11

Replying to baza

Looks a touch like The Bullstones in Cheshire.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2307/bullstones.html

The world's smallest stone circle​…?

The world's smallest stone circle…?