Ninestane Rig
Ninestane Rig ( English Nine Stone Ridge ) is a small stone circle south of Hawick , near the English border in the south of the Scottish Borders in Scotland . Ninestane Rig is the eponymous hill (283 m) on which the stone circle stands.
It is not to be confused with Nine Stanes (also called “Garrol wood” or “Mulloch wood”) in Kincardineshire in Scotland or Nine Stones (Belstone) , Nine Stones (Winterbourne Abbas) or Nine Stones (Altarnun) in Cornwall .
The stone circle (one of 16 circles in the Borders) is near the Hermitage Castle and was probably made in the Bronze Age between 2000 BC. BC and 1250 BC Built in BC. It is a nationally important archaeological site that is granted special protection.
The somewhat oval circle consists of eight menhirs ( English standing stones ), a ninth has fallen inward and lies flat. Six standing stones are cut stumps that are 0.6 m or less high. Of the two large standing stones, one is a monolith that was about 2.1 m high and the other a pointed stone about 1.2 m high. There were a number of similar circles nearby. The stones have been removed, but the cavity in the center of each circle and markings in the earth indicating the stones' previous positions are still visible.
literature
- Aubrey Burl : The Stone Circles of the British Isles . Yale University Press, New Haven CT et al. 1976, ISBN 0-300-01972-6 .
Coordinates: 55 ° 16 ′ 2.9 " N , 2 ° 45 ′ 39.1" W.