Auchagallon Stone Circle

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AlternativenameAuchengallon Cairn
Coordinates55°33′35″N 5°20′34″W / 55.559789°N 5.342810°W / 55.559789; -5.342810
TypeKerbed burial cairn
Auchagallon Stone Circle
Auchagallon Stone Circle
Alternative nameAuchengallon Cairn
LocationIsle of Arran
Coordinates55°33′35″N 5°20′34″W / 55.559789°N 5.342810°W / 55.559789; -5.342810
TypeKerbed burial cairn
History
PeriodsNeolithic / Bronze Age
Site notes
OwnershipHistoric Environment Scotland
Public accessYes
Official nameAuchengallon Cairn
TypePrehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Designated7 July 1994
Reference no.SM90023

Auchagallon Stone Circle or Auchengallon cairn is the remains of a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial cairn, surrounded by a circle of fifteen stones. It is located near Machrie on the Isle of Arran in Scotland (grid reference NR89293464).

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