🪨 Girdle Stanes

United Kingdom · Europe · 55.25°N, 3.18°W

The Girdle Stanes is a stone circle near Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway. The western portion of the circle has been washed away by the White Esk, leaving 26 of an original 40 to 45 stones in a crescent. Unlike the majority of such sites in Dumfriesshire, the Girdle Stanes forms a true circle rather than an oval. When complete, its diameter would have been 39m.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	55.25°N, 3.18°W · view on map

Girdle Stanes is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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