The Nine Stanes, Garrol Wood, Recumbent Stone

Description

Garrol Wood; Garrol Hill; Mulloch Wood. Canmore ID 36748 NGR NO 7233 9122 Standing within a clearing in recently felled Mulloch Wood, this is one of the best-known recumbent stone circles, though its location on the N side of the saddle between Mulloch Hill and Garrol Hill is largely hidden by the trees. Known as The Nine Stanes, its name is a misnomer, acquired some time after the removal of one of the orthostats on the NW and the reduction of another to a stump; its true complement was eleven. The recumbent setting forms the centrepiece of a flattened façade on the SE of the circle, which measures roughly 18.5m from NE to SW by 15.5m transversely. Slewed round to face SE, the recumbent is a block measuring 2.55m in length by 1.25m in height and its uneven summit dips towards the centre. The flankers are of a similar size and shape, and the western stands 1.9m high as compared with a length of 2.05m for its fallen neighbour on the E. Processed from 300 images using Huawei 10 Pro mobile phone.