Girdle Stanes
The Girdle Stanes ( German belt stones ) are a stone circle on the River White Esk , south of Eskdalemuir and north of Lockerbie in the east of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland .
The circle of about 36.0 meters in diameter, eroded by the changing course of the White Esk, originally consisted of 40 to 45 stones, of which about 25 remained. The tracing of the circular arc, which has about halfway disappeared, illustrates how the river has eroded the circle on one side over time. The stones reach heights between 0.6 and 1.8 m. Several stones stand outside the circle. Surrounded by gnarled hawthorn trees , the Girdle Stanes are reminiscent of the archetypal fairy rings of legends.
The Girdle Stanes are a few hundred yards away from the Loupin Stanes . A row of fallen stones connects the places. At the Loupin Stanes NW, 10 low and 2 high stones (each about 1.6 m high) form an oval ring, from 11.5 to 10.3 m in diameter. The Loupin Stanes SW circuit, about 35 m away, is severely disturbed.
literature
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: Scotland. To Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998, ISBN 0-19-288002-0 , ( Oxford archaeological guides )
- RCAHMS: Eastern Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape. Edinburgh. Pp. 23, 77, 111, 112, 296, RCAHMS 1977
Web links
- Description Engl. and pictures
- Description Engl. and picture
- Video Girdle Stanes
- Video Loupin Stanes
Coordinates: 55 ° 15 ′ 14 " N , 3 ° 10 ′ 33.1" W.