Standing Stones at Machrie Moor

The landscape around Machrie Moor on the Isle of Arran has numerous prehistoric monuments from the Bronze Age and the Neolithic period. These include stone circles, standing stones and hut circles. The main focus of the area is on the large stone circles, one of which is named Fingal's Cauldron Seat after the legendary giant. Excavations have revealed that there were timber circles, in use for hundreds of years, in place before the stone monuments were raised.