Re: The world's smallest stone circle...? | Forum

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.

thelonious Oct 24, 2011 13:46:15

Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:

baza wrote:

Is this our smallest stone circle?

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.

Canmore is, I think, wrong about the height. Central Stone is under 1m tall, unless I've grown a bit recently :)

goffik Oct 24, 2011 14:53:52

Replying to tjj

I had to check that - I always thought Little Meg was considered a cairn or something! How interesting!

I also remember a couple of small stone circles at Creeg Tol (Oci's favourite place! :D ) just up from Boskawen-Un but can't remember if there's any official line on whether they're buildings, cairns or what...

G x

The world's smallest stone circle​…?

The world's smallest stone circle…?