Arran

The six stone circles are situated below a prominent notch on the skyline to the northeast where Machrie Glen divides into two steep-sided valleys. At the summer solstice the notch is intersected by the sun at sunrise, and this may explain why the circles were sited in this location. If you are ever on the Island there is a comfortable 2.75mile out-and-back walk from a C/park to visit the standing stones which are set amongst the bleak moorland landscape.

A compsite photo of the old slipway at the "Dougarie Lodge Estate" boathouse, Isle of Arran, Scotland.

Sunset off the west coast of the Scottish island of Arran, looking towards Kintyre.

Machrie Moor on the Isle of Arran, Scotland, has 6 Stone Circles and these 3 Standing stones ranging in height from 3.7m to 4.9m are the most striking of them all. The three tall slender stones were originally part of a seven or eight 13.7m stone circle dating back to approx 2,300BC to 600BC. One of the circles fallen stones now lie in two pieces, fashioned into millstones which for some reason, never made it to their 18th-century mill.

The old slipway from the Boat Shed of Dougarie Lodge on the Isle of Arran.

Last year Spring I visited the pretty Isle of Arran in Scotland. It was early in the year for nature, hence the yellow grass, but nonetheless Glen Rosa is the picture perfect spot, one the top hiking destinations on the island.

For those of you who might not be feeling to great today how about the words of Justin Sullivan of New Model Army;

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This Boathouse sits on the shore of the Dougarie Estate on the west coast of the Isle of Arran, Scotland. The estate built as the sporting lodge for the 11th Duke of Hamilton around 1850 and in 1885 this large red sandstone boathouse was built not only for launching boats but also for parties and entertaining guests. Inside, the walls are decorated with amusing cartoons drawn freehand on the plaster under glass to preserve them. It must have been an outstanding venue for the guests on a summer evening to enjoy the view across the Kilbrannan Sound to Campbeltown while sipping their Champagne.

The 'Twelve Apostles' are located in the small coastal village of “Catacol” on the “Isle of Arran” Scotland. They were built to house those people cleared from the surrounding countryside, when much of the interior of the island was set aside for deer. The theory was these former farmers would turn to fishing, and with this in mind, each of the twelve cottages had a differently shaped first floor window. This would allow the woman of the house to signal by placing a candle in the window to her husband out while he was out fishing in the Firth of Clyde. The husband would know who was being signalled by the shape of the window. In reality, most of the dispossessed moved away to other parts of the island in protest against their eviction.