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A perfect half of a circle.

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That's a wonderful picture, shows the circle in the best light (literally); I'm so jealous that you saw it in much better weather than I had a few years back. It's a real gem.	Posted by ironstone 25th June 2018ce
We went back a couple of times, it definitely holds its own spirit of place. Across the river to the right, there is an old small graveyard, no church, no settlement, overgrown probably from the 17th century. Curiosity killed the cat but the whole valley with its hill forts has a prehistoric history that lies just under the surface. https://canmore.org.uk/site/67376/castle-oer#site-images	Posted by moss 26th June 2018ce
Great photo, wonderful site and setting. Love the drive to these sites, so peaceful and almost 'hidden' from the modern world	Posted by costaexpress 26th June 2018ce
There is not much written, Burl covers the two circles in his book slightly, and they need to be studied just to see if there are any more stones buried as 'station stones'. The farmer (thank you) left the field gate open, plump spaniel to be hoisted over stiles is no joke.	Posted by moss 27th June 2018ce
My Spaniel puppy is now 6 months old and just about calm enough for his first trip to the stones, just hope I can train him to carry the backpack. Looked to see if there was any information regarding the likely course of the river around the time the stone circles would have been in use, however, as you say, information rather scant	Posted by costaexpress 27th June 2018ce
Bet he will bring you a lot of joy out in the field! Looking on the Google map and there is a thin line of darker green just inland from the river and right next to the circle. The lane on the other side of the river, (from Eskdalemuir) will take you to three other sites....	Posted by moss 27th June 2018ce
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