Acharn Falls stone circle
The stone circle of Acharn Falls (also called Greenland) is a stone circle near the eponymous waterfall of the Acharn Burn, south of Kenmore in Perthshire in Scotland .
The stone circle, whose stones reach a height of 1.7 m, is halved by a wall made of dry stone . Of the original ten stones, four are upright while three are near their original position. Between the rubble of the wall there seems to be a stone and the broken remains of the two missing stones. WA Gillies examined the center of the circle in 1924 and found a shallow pit measuring approximately 0.6 × 0.6 m at a depth of 12.5 cm and containing calcined bones. The ground around the pit was discolored red, which, according to Aubrey Burl, suggests that a pyre once burned here.
literature
- WA Gillies: Notes on old wells and a stone circle at Kenmore , Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol. 59, 1924-5 pp. 77-8
Web links
- Entry on Acharn Falls Stone Circle in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Description Engl. and pictures
- Description Engl. and picture
Coordinates: 56 ° 33 ′ 29.5 " N , 4 ° 0 ′ 22.6" W.