List of stone circles in the Scottish Borders

Borrowston Rig
Burgh Hill
Five Stanes
Harestanes
Yadlee
Locations of well-preserved stone circles in the Scottish Borders.

This is a list of stone circles located in the Scottish Borders council area of Scotland. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland records 16 stone circles in the Scottish Borders. Of these, three are marked as 'possible'.[1] Aubrey Burl's gazetteer lists the same number: 2 in Berwickshire; 2 in Peebleshire; 10 in Roxburghshire; and 2 in Selkirkshire.[2]

The best preserved sites are the following:

Name Image Grid reference
Coordinates		 Former county
Parish		 Notes
Borrowston Rig NT 5576 5231
55°45′44″N 2°42′23″W / 55.762151°N 2.70649°W / 55.762151; -2.70649 (Borrowston Rig stone circle)		 Berwickshire

Lauder
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[3]
Burgh Hill NT 4701 0624
55°20′50″N 2°50′13″W / 55.347361°N 2.837066°W / 55.347361; -2.837066 (Burgh Hill stone circle)		 Roxburghshire

Teviothead
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[4]
Cloyhouse Burn NT 1795 3956
55°38′34″N 3°18′18″W / 55.64268°N 3.305066°W / 55.64268; -3.305066 (Cloyhouse Burn stone circle)		 Peeblesshire

Stobo
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle (possible)[5]
Five Stanes
NT 7526 1686
55°26′42″N 2°23′33″W / 55.445025°N 2.392557°W / 55.445025; -2.392557 (Five Stanes stone circle)		 Roxburghshire

Hownam
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[6]
Five Stone Field NT 7737 2922
55°33′22″N 2°21′37″W / 55.556185°N 2.360216°W / 55.556185; -2.360216 (Five Stone Field stone circle)		 Roxburghshire

Linton
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[7]
Harelaw, Fairnington NT 66 28
55°32′57″N 2°31′57″W / 55.549043°N 2.532515°W / 55.549043; -2.532515 (Harelaw, Fairington stone circle)		 Roxburghshire

Roxburgh
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[8]
Harestanes
NT 1240 4432
55°41′04″N 3°23′41″W / 55.684468°N 3.394734°W / 55.684468; -3.394734 (Harestanes stone circle)		 Peeblesshire

Kirkurd
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[9]
Harestanes Cottages NT 64 24
55°30′47″N 2°33′49″W / 55.512961°N 2.563698°W / 55.512961; -2.563698 (Harestanes Cottages stone circle)		 Roxburghshire

Ancrum
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[10]
Kirktonhill NT 470 543
55°46′46″N 2°50′45″W / 55.779557°N 2.845751°W / 55.779557; -2.845751 (Kirktonhill stone circle)		 Berwickshire

Channelkirk
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[11]
Megget Reservoir NT 17904 21685
55°28′55″N 3°18′02″W / 55.482056°N 3.300557°W / 55.482056; -3.300557 (Megget Reservoir stone circle)		 Selkirkshire

Yarrow
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[12]
Ninestone Rig
NY 5175 9731
55°16′03″N 2°45′39″W / 55.267615°N 2.760791°W / 55.267615; -2.760791 (Ninestone Rig stone circle)		 Roxburghshire

Castleton
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[13]
Oxnam Parish NT 75 16
55°26′30″N 2°23′20″W / 55.441758°N 2.38881°W / 55.441758; -2.38881 (Oxnam Parish stone circle)		 Roxburghshire

Oxnam
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle(s)[14]
Plenderleith NT 740 118
55°24′00″N 2°24′41″W / 55.399901°N 2.411294°W / 55.399901; -2.411294 (Plenderleith stone circle)		 Roxburghshire

Oxnam
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[15]
Redden NT 7744 3790
55°38′03″N 2°21′35″W / 55.634179°N 2.35982°W / 55.634179; -2.35982 (Redden stone circle)		 Roxburghshire

Sprouston
  • RCAHMS classification: Four poster stone circle (possible)[16]
Stobo Mill NT 1755 3700
55°37′11″N 3°18′38″W / 55.619617°N 3.310651°W / 55.619617; -3.310651 (Stobo stone circle)		 Peeblesshire

Stobo
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle (possible)[17]
Yadlee NT 6540 6732
55°53′52″N 2°33′17″W / 55.897796°N 2.554795°W / 55.897796; -2.554795 (Yadlee stone circle)		 Berwickshire

Spott
  • RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Canmore Advanced Search: Stone Circle: Scottish Borders". Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  2. ↑ Burl, Aubrey (2000). The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 394.
  3. ↑ "Borrowston Rig | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  4. ↑ "Burgh Hill | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  5. ↑ "Cloyhouse Burn | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  6. ↑ "Five Stanes | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  7. ↑ "Five Stone Field | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  8. ↑ "Harelaw, Fairnington | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  9. ↑ "Harestanes | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  10. ↑ "Harestanes Cottages | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  11. ↑ "Kirktonhill | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  12. ↑ "Megget Reservoir | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  13. ↑ "Ninestone Rig | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  14. ↑ "Oxnam Parish | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  15. ↑ "Plenderleith | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  16. ↑ "Redden | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  17. ↑ "Stobo Mill | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  18. ↑ "Yadlee | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
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