Isle of LewisNeolithic · Cruciform stone setting and circle
The landscape
Circles across Scotland
Scotland preserves several distinctive regional traditions, from Orkney's early henges to the recumbent stone circles of the north-east and the long-lived ceremonial landscapes of the western islands.
Places to explore
Every mapped site
Isle of Lewis
HighlandBronze Age · Cairns with encircling standing stones
Clava Cairns
A remarkable Bronze Age cemetery where passage graves, ring cairns and circles of standing stones form one carefully ordered complex.
AberdeenshireLate Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Recumbent stone circle
East Aquhorthies
One of north-east Scotland's finest recumbent stone circles survives complete among the rolling hills west of Inverurie.Early Bronze Age · Recumbent stone circle
Loanhead of Daviot
A restored recumbent stone circle enclosing the remains of a ring cairn and complex burial activity.
Isle of ArranNeolithic to Bronze Age · Stone circle in ceremonial complex
Machrie Moor 1
One circle within a remarkable moorland complex of rings, cairns, standing stones and earlier timber monuments.Neolithic · Henge and stone circle
Ring of Brodgar
A monumental ring occupying the narrow land between the Lochs of Stenness and Harray.Modern · Modern astronomical stone circle
Sighthill Stone Circle
A modern astronomically aligned circle showing that stone-circle building remains a living practice.
OrkneyNeolithic · Henge and stone circle
Stones of Stenness
Four immense uprights survive from one of the earliest henge monuments in Britain and Ireland.
Argyll and ButeNeolithic to Bronze Age · Two stone circles
Temple Wood
Two neighbouring circles at the heart of Kilmartin Glen's exceptionally rich prehistoric landscape.
AberdeenshireEarly Bronze Age · Recumbent stone circle
Tomnaverie
A recumbent stone circle restored on a hill with wide views towards Lochnagar.Regions represented
Aberdeenshire3 placesArgyll and Bute1 placeGlasgow1 placeHighland1 placeIsle of Arran1 placeIsle of Lewis1 placeOrkney2 places