Killin Stone Circle
The stone circle of Killin (also called by Achmore or von Kinnell ) is an oval stone circle made up of six stones. It is south of the River Dochart , 100 meters from Kinnell Farm, east of the village of Killin in Perthshire , Scotland .
The earliest account of Killin dates from 1884 and was written by the Reverend Hugh Macmillan (1833-1903). It refers to the 10.0 × 8.5 m measured ring as small, even and compact druid circle of seven or eight 1.4 to 1.9 m wide massive menhirs ( English Standing stones ), of which a few weak cup-and - Has ring markings . Macmillan's stone number from seven to eight is unlikely given the regular spacing, but the circle has not been excavated. The stone circle was examined by Fred Coles in 1910, who published an initial survey of the Scottish circles in 1899. Coles reports that a stone was tilted. This stone must have been set up again.
Killin is the best surviving example of a group of six high stone circles, which are almost exclusively in the West Perthshire and bowls ( English cups wear). Their rings are oval and get smaller in height towards the southwest. Killin is a typical western ring.
literature
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: Scotland. Archeology and Early History. Thames and Hudson Ltd., London 1981, ISBN 0-50002-100-7 (= Ancient places and people 99).
- Ian AG Shepherd: Exploring Scotland's Heritage. Grampian. HMSO, Edinburgh 1986, ISBN 0-11-492453-8 .
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Coordinates: 56 ° 27 ′ 57 " N , 4 ° 18 ′ 40.5" W.