Stone circle and stone alignment 370m west of Threestoneburn House

The circle, of the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, is situated in a large clearing in the modern afforestation of Threestoneburn Wood, formerly overlooking a spacious valley to the east. It is on a slight promontory near the confluence of Threestone Burn and one of its tributaries. Its dimensions are 36 m north-west to south-east by 30 m north-east to south-west. There are 16 stones of local pink granite, set about 5.5 m apart; a larger gap on the east side is thought to be an original entrance. Four of these are upright, with heights 0.7 to; the rest are recumbent. About 28 m to the north are two granite stones, one of which is recumbent; immediately to their east is an alignment of…