Glenquicken stone circle

Glenquicken stone circle

Stone circle in 2009
Alternative name	Billy Diamond's Bridge stone circle
Coordinates	54°53′47″N4°19′32″W / 54.896373°N 4.325507°W / 54.896373; -4.325507
Type	Stone circle
Scheduled monument
Official name	Billy Diamond's Bridge stone circle
Type	Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring
Designated	21 December 1934
Reference no.	SM1023

Glenquicken stone circle or Billy Diamond's Bridge stone circle (grid reference NX50965821 ) 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. ^[1] Aubrey Burl has called it "the finest of all centre-stone circles." ^[1] It is a scheduled monument. ^[2]

Two other circles to the north-west were marked on the Six-inch First Edition Ordnance Survey map. ^[3] Alexander Thom planned these in 1939, but they are no longer visible. ^[1]

See also

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

References

1. Burl, Aubrey (2005). A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 142.
2. Historic Environment Scotland. "Billy Diamond's Bridge, stone circle 300m SSE of, Glenquicken (SM1023)" . Retrieved 25 February 2019.
3. Coles, Fred. R. (1895). "The Stone Circles of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright" (PDF). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: 90. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2015.