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Machrie Moor

Isle of Arran

Six circles on one moor, with pillars taller than a double-decker bus.

Machrie Moor holds the remains of six stone circles. Some are made of rounded granite boulders, others of slim red sandstone pillars over five metres tall.

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When
c. 2000 BC
Where
55.5410, -5.3290
Group
Circles & monuments

Visiting

Historic Environment Scotland. Free, a flat walk from the road.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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