Machrie Moor is the site of a prehistoric ritual landscape dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages and includes several stone circles and chambered cairns.
Machrie Moor 5, sometimes called "Fingal's Cauldron Seat," consists of two almost perfectly preserved rings of granite boulders. The inner circle, almost 50 feet in diameter, is made up of eight stones, 3 to 4 feet high. The outer circle, almost 60 feet in diameter, is a geometrically constructed egg-shape and consists of 15 slightly smaller stones.
About Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5
Megalithic Portal: Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5
Stone Pages: Machrie Moor 5
Canmore: Machrie Moor 5
Undiscovered Scotland: Machrie Moor Stone Circles
Modern Antiquarian: Machrie Moor Stone Circles
Wikipedia: Stone Circle
Journey to Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5
Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5 is located at the end of a 1-1/2 mile track that is off of the A841 (some 200 yards south of the bridge where the main road crosses the Machrie Water) and three miles north of Blackwaterfoot in the western part of the Isle of Arran in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
Ordnance Survey Map (NR9087832353)
Visitors Information
Visitors information for Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5 may be found at the Historic Scotland website. General tourist information may also be found at the Visit Arran website.
Additional Photos of Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5
Road Sign for the Machrie Moor Stone Circles
Beginning of the Path to the Machrie Moor Stone Circles
Approaching Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5
Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5
Portion of Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5 with Single Tall Stone of Machrie Moor Stone Circle 3 in the Distance
Portion of Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5
Portion of Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5
Largest Stone, Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5
Another View of Machrie Moor Stone Circle 5
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