Auchagallon Stone Circle, Isle of Arran

Dating back to 2000 B.C. the Auchagallon Stone Circle lies on rising ground above Machrie Bay. Although only at a height of just over 100ft above sea level it enjoys spectacular views south across Machrie Moor and along the coast of the Isle of Arran: and west across the Kilbrannan Sound to the Kintyre peninsula.

The Auchagallon Stone Circle comprises 15 upright sandstone slabs which encircle a large cairn. It has not been excavated in modern times, and as a result is something of an enigma. It may not even be a stone circle at all, though in large measure this is a matter of definition. The point of doubt is whether the monument's primary aim when first built was to serve as a home for a circle of stones, which were later used to contain a burial mound or cairn, or whether the stones were actually an incidental feature, designed by those who originally put them here to serve as a kerb surrounding a burial cairn.

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