Glenquicken stone circle

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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. 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. ()

Coordinates: 54°53'47"N, 4°19'32"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Glenquicken stone circle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cardoness Castle, Cairnholy, Kirroughtree, Carsluith Castle.

5.3 miE
Historical place, Architecture, Forts and castles
Cardoness Castle, Gatehouse of Fleet
136 min walk • Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved 15th-century tower house just south west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Scotland. It was originally owned by the MacCullochs of Myreton.
2.6 miS
Ruins, Archaeological site
Cairnholy, Creetown
68 min walk • Cairnholy is the site of two Neolithic chambered tombs of the Clyde type. It is located 4 kilometres east of the village of Carsluith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The tombs are scheduled monuments in the care of Historic Scotland. The name Cairnholy represents Gaelic *Càrn na h-ulaidhe ‘cairn of the stone tomb’.
5.5 miNW
Forest
Kirroughtree, Newton Stewart
139 min walk • Kirroughtree Forest is located near Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland and overlooks the Irish Sea. It is managed by Forestry and Land Scotland and is part of the Galloway Forest Park. It has been developed as a centre for mountain biking trails.
2.7 miS
Ruins, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Carsluith Castle, Wigtown Bay
69 min walk • Carsluith Castle is a ruined tower house, dating largely to the 16th century. It is located beside Wigtown Bay in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Galloway, Scotland, around 4.8 kilometres south east of Creetown.
5.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairnsmore of Fleet
141 min walk • Cairnsmore of Fleet is an isolated mountain in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The mountain forms an unafforested granite massif, whose highest point is about 10 kilometres east of Newton Stewart.
5.1 miE
Archaeological site
Trusty's Hill, Gatehouse of Fleet
130 min walk • Trusty's Hill is a small vitrified hillfort about a mile to the west of the present-day town of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the parish of Anwoth in the Stewartry district of Dumfries and Galloway.
3.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Ravenshall Wood
86 min walk • Ravenshall Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, located 5 kilometres east of Creetown in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, in southwest Scotland. It is on the lower part of the Kirkdale Estate. It is rich in lichens. It is largely oak woodland.
3.4 miS
Forts and castles
Barholm Castle
86 min walk • Barholm Castle is a tower house located 5 miles south-west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland. The tower dates back to the late 15th century, and it was a stronghold of a branch of the MacCulloch family.
6 miSW
Forts and castles
Baldoon Castle
152 min walk • Baldoon Castle was a 16th-century castle about 1.5 miles south west of Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of the river Bladnoch.