List of stone circles

This is an incomplete photographic list of stone circles.

Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands

Aubrey Burl's gazetteer lists 1,303 stone circles in Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Most of these are found in Scotland, with 508 sites recorded. There are 343 on the island of Ireland; 316 in England; 81 in Wales; 49 in Brittany ; and 6 in the Channel Isles.

Channel Islands

Aubrey Burl records six sites in the Channel Islands, four on Guernsey and two on Jersey. All six are Cist-in-Circle monuments, which are influenced by chambered tomb design. Their relationship with the stone circle tradition of Britain, Ireland and Brittany is unclear.

Guernsey		Le Creux ès Faïes, cist-in-circle, semicircular stone wall supporting a mound containing a passage grave
Guernsey	Photo see Megalith Guernsey	Steinkiste von L’Islet, cist-in-circle, stone cist in a circle of irregularly shaped stones
Guernsey		Les Fouillages, a passage grave in a triangular enclosure of small irregularly shaped stones
Jersey		Ville-ès-Nouaux

England

South East England

There are no ancient stone circles in Kent or Sussex.

Essex		The stones lying around the church of Alphamstone might be relics of a stone circle, the only one on the peninsula between the Thames estuary and the Wash.
Oxfordshire		The King's Men, one of three monuments that make up the Rollright Stones, found near the village of Long Compton

East Midlands

Derbyshire

North West England

Cumbria

Shropshire

Whetstone Circle, partial circle as stones removed for local building
Hoarstone Circle, utilised for local wedding celebrations

South West England

Cornwall

Devon

Dorset

Somerset

Wiltshire

Wales

	Moel Tŷ Uchaf near Llandrillo, Denbighshire.
	Bryn Cader Faner, Gwynedd
	Bryn Gwyn stones, Anglesey

Scotland

Southern Scotland

Argyll and Bute

Dumfries and Galloway

Aubrey Burl lists 43 stone circles in Dumfries and Galloway: 15 in Dumfriesshire; 19 in Kirkcudbrightshire; and 9 in Wigtonshire. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland records 49 stone circles in the region. Of these 49, 24 are listed as 'possible'; one is an 18th-century construction; and a number have been destroyed.

Image	Details	Grid Reference
	The Girdle Stanes near Eskdalemuir
	Glenquicken near Creetown
	Lochmaben Stone just south of Gretna
	The Loupin Stanes near Eskdalemuir
	Seven Brethren near Lockerbie
	Standing Stones of Glenterrow between Stranraer and New Luce
	Twelve Apostles Stone Circle, situated between Holywood and Newbridge, near Dumfries.
	Torhouskie
	Whitcastles stone circle northeast of Lockerbie

North Ayrshire

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland records 20 stone circles in North Ayrshire, all on Arran. Five of these are listed as 'possible'. Aubrey Burrel's gazetteer records 19 stone circles on Arran.

Situated	Image	Details	Grid Reference
Isle of Arran		Auchagallon Stone Circle
Isle of Arran		Aucheleffan
Isle of Arran		Machrie Moor 1
Isle of Arran		Machrie Moor 2
Isle of Arran		Machrie Moor 3
Isle of Arran		Machrie Moor 4
Isle of Arran		Machrie Moor 5
Isle of Arran		Machrie Moor 11

Scottish Borders

– The List of stone circles in the Scottish Borders comprises in addition 8 stone circles not yet photographed for WM Commons. –

North east Scotland

Aberdeen City

Aberdeenshire

Angus

Fife

Perth and Kinros

Stirling

North West Scotland

Orkney

Shetland

Western Isles

Lewis	Callanish I
Lewis	Callanish II Lewis, a smaller stone circle
Lewis	Callanish III Lewis, a smaller stone circle
Lewis	Callanish IV Lewis, a smaller stone circle
Lewis	Callanish VIII Lewis, a smaller stone semicircle
North Uist	Pobull Fhinn	.

Northern Ireland

County	Photo	Notes
Down		Ballynoe stone circle
Fermanagh		Drumskinny stone circle
Tyrone		Beaghmore – Located outside Cookstown. Seven circles, along with cairns and stone rows. One circle, known as the Dragon's Teeth, is filled with more than 800 small stones.

Republic of Ireland

There are 187 stone circles in the Republic of Ireland. The vast majority of these are in County Cork, which has 103 circles. There are 20 circles in County Kerry and 11 in County Mayo. There is also a large fully intact stone circle in Grange in County Limerick, near Lough Gur

Spain

Navarra

All cromlechs are localized in the north of this region, in the Pyrenees near the French border.

	Arriurdiñetako lepoa cromlecha, two circles of lying stones on a hilltop near Arano,
	Two or more stone circles on Argintzu hilltop, southwest of Baztan
	Cromlech Gorramendiko Egia, stone in circle on a hilly mountain ridge 8 km north east of Baztan and 4 km from the French border
	Errekaleku cromlechs, circles of lying stones near the mountain range and border to Guipuzkoa west of Goizueta
	Cromlech du col d'Ibardin, circle of lying stones near the French border between Urrugne and Bera
	Lakendiko Gaña near Arano, circle of lying stones on a hilly mountain range near the French border
	Ontzorrozko Gaña, circle of lying stones on a hilly mountain range
	Cromlech de Organbide, circle of upright stones, mostly small and two middle size, near the small road from Orbaizeta to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port crossing the French border
	Urgaratako Gaña, stone circle on a central hilly summit west of Goizueta

Portugal

All stone circles of Portugal are situated in Évora District

	Almendres Cromlech, near Évora
	Cromeleque do Monte das Fontaínhas Velhas, very small, six upright stones around a higher central pillar
	Cromeleque dos Cuncos
	Portela de Mogos, enclosure about 40 Stones near Évora
	Vale Maria do Meio Cromlech
	Cromeleque do Xerez near Monsaraz, rectangular enclosure around a very high central pillar

Germany

Bundesland	Photo	Notes	Co-ordinates
Schleswig-Holstein		Damp Steinkreis near Damp, near the Baltic Sea Coast
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern		Steintanz near Netzeband, Katzow, Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald
Hesse		Group of Menhirs, considered the rest of a circle, near Darmstadt, roughly between 6th and 3rd millennium BC

Morocco

Japan

The Ōyu Stone Circles is a late Jōmon period archaeological site in the city of Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The site consists of two large stone circles located on an artificially flattened plateau on the left bank of the Oyu River, a tributary of the Yoneshiro River in northeastern Akita Prefecture. The site was discovered in 1931, with detailed archaeological excavations taking place in 1946, and in 1951–1952.
The larger circle, named the “Manza” circle has a diameter of 46 meters, and is the largest stone circle found in Japan. A number of reconstructions of Jomon period dwellings have been built around the site. The slightly smaller circle, named the “Nonakado” circle, is 42 meters in diameter and is located around 90 meters away, separated from the “Manza” circle by Akita Prefectural Route 66. Each circle is made from rounded river stones brought from another river approximately 7 kilometers away. Each circle in concentric, with and inner and an outer ring separated by an open strip approximately 8 meters wide. Each circle contains smaller clusters of stone, including standing stones surrounded by elongated stones in a radiating orientation, forming a sundial which points toward the sunset on the summer solstice and allows for calculation of the winter solstice, the vernal equinox and the sun's movements.
Each circle is surrounded by the remains of buildings, storage pits and garbage dumps, and clay figurines, clayware and stoneware, stone swords and objects have been discovered. Although the form of the stone circles made have been based on the shape of circular settlements, there is no indication of permanent settlement on the site.
The site has been submitted for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Jōmon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidō, Northern Tōhoku, and other regions.

Australia

See also Aboriginal stone arrangement
Stone circles in Australia are sometimes revered as sacred sites by Australian Aboriginal people's. While often small, there are some large stones comparable to their European counterparts, particularly in Victoria. While some are small and not well attended, others are well-known, for instance the stone arrangements in Victoria at Carisbrook and Lake Bolac.