Midmar Recumbent Stone Circle

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Midmar Kirk Recumbent Stone Circle The recumbent is 4.5 metres long and weighs 20 tons and is flanked most impressively by two matching stones 2.5 metres high and resembling enormous canine teeth.

The size and weight of the recumbent show the skill and determination of the circle builders in handling large blocks of stone.

The church was built in 1797. The circle was tidied up when the graveyard was laid out around it in 1914. At this time, presumably, at least one stone was re-erected: that standing on the NNE of the circle, since its size does not follow the normal grading down from the flankers. Moreover, the recumbent and the easterly flanker are not exactly on the line of the circle as it is now laid out. The tidying up seems also to have removes traces of a later burial cairn.