Druids' Seat Wood (Blindwells)

All pictures copyright © 1999 Martin McCarthy

Looking southwest. The southwestern-most stone is clearly the most massive, but a fallen stone at the southeast would have been taller. Large Image (165kb 1034x680) Another view of the southeastern arc Large Image (95kb 810x501) The southern arc, the southwestern-most stone in the foreground with the taller fallen southeastern-most stone beyond at the far left Large Image (112kb 568x851) View of the whole circle from the north east Large Image (140kb 799x580) View of the circle from the south east Large Image (125kb 852x560) View of the circle from the north west Large Image (88kb 792x528) View from further outside the circle at the north west Large Image (82kb 729x509) The northwestern arc Large Image (85kb 786x491) The southern arc Large Image (74kb 788x463)

Although somewhat ruinous - not to mention vandalised with New-Age Magickal GraffittiTM - this is a wonderfully atmospheric and beautiful stone circle. Set in a clearing in Druids' Seat Wood just north of Perth, it is peaceful and lit with soft green light through the trees. There are nine stones in a thirty-foot circle ranging from a stocky squared boulder nearly six feet tall down to much smaller stones little over two feet tall. Tall and short stones alternate round the circle, although this is not so obvious now that several of the stones have fallen.