Colen Wood Stone Circle

All pictures copyright © 1999 Martin McCarthy

Looking north west. The heavily cup-marked stone can just be seen beyond and slightly to the right of the standing stone. The rest of the circle is to the right and behind this picture. Large Image (75kb 729x560) Looking southwest from the centre of the circle Large Image (73kb 822x552) Looking west. A fallen stone on the southwest arc can be seen in the foreground Large Image (86kb 550x786) The cup-marked stone on the western arc. There are over thirty cup marks on this stone Large Image (88kb 530x736) Another detail of the cup-marked stone Large Image (81kb 751x474) Looking south - the fallen cup-marked stone is in the foreground Large Image (104kb 831x559) Looking north east. The circle stands on a low artificial mound Large Image (113kb 790x509)

A mile to the west of Druids' Seat Wood and two miles west of Blackfaulds Stone Circle is this fallen circle at Colen Wood. There are nine stones in a circle about twenty-five feet in diameter, but only one of the stones - a little over three feet high - still stands. On the standing stone and the fallen stone to its immediate south are a couple of cup marks. The fallen stone immendiately to the north has over thirty cup marks on its upper face. In the centre of the circle is the remains of a cist.