Glenquicken stone circle explained

Glenquicken stone circle
Coordinates:	54.8964°N -4.3255°W
Designation1:	Scheduled monument
Designation1 Date:	21 December 1934

Glenquicken stone circle or Billy Diamond's Bridge stone circle is an oval stone circle with a central pillar, two miles east of Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway.^[1] The outer ring is formed of 29 stones. Aubrey Burl has called it "the finest of all centre-stone circles." It is a scheduled monument.

Two other circles to the north-west were marked on the Six-inch First Edition Ordnance Survey map.^[2] Alexander Thom planned these in 1939, but they are no longer visible.

See also

• Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany
• List of stone circles
• Scheduled monuments in Dumfries and Galloway

Notes and References

1. Book: Burl, Aubrey. A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. 2005. New Haven; London. 142.
2. The Stone Circles of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. Coles. Fred. R.. 1895. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 90. 11 January 2015. 11 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210711204417/https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_029/29_301_316.pdf. live.