Monthly Archives: December 2019
Ideas on stone row function
Ballymeanoch in Kilmartin Glen in Argyll The most frequent question regarding stone rows is what were they used for? Ideas are plentiful but definitive answers are lacking. An article looking at why the rows may have been built is now available here. The article concludes that: The idea of the rows representing tribal or group […]
Dating
Later MBA field boundary leading across the double stone row at Hurston Ridge. An article on the dating of stone rows is now available on this website here. There is a consensus that stone rows were built from the end of the Neolithic, but that most were erected in the Early Bronze Age (EBA) whilst […]
LONG SINGLE ROWS COMPOSED OF 10 OR MORE LARGE-SIZED STONES
Nine Maidens in Cornwall is one of only two rows of this type in Great Britain. The other is also in Cornwall. There are only two long single stone rows in Great Britain which are composed of 10 or more large-sized stones and they are both in Cornwall. In many respects it may seem surprising that […]
The Stone Rows of Great Britain 