Region : Borders District : Roxburgh Town or village : Dodburn Grid Reference : NT 470 062 Period : 2nd millennium BC Burgh Hill STONE CIRCLE

This egg-shaped setting of 25 stones, low on the ground, is on a natural shelf at 306m above the sea near the summit of Burgh Hill (Borders). Thirteen stones are still standing in a ring measuring 16.5m x 13.4m. The highest stone, now fallen, was 1.5m tall. The other slabs range in height from a few centimetres up to 0.8m. The elliptical design of the site could have been for an astronomical purpose. It is recorded that before 1873 the ring was "well explored, but yielded nothing of a sepulchral nature".

Other stone circles ------------------ Achmore Auchagallon Aviemore Balbirnie Balnuaran of Clava (Clava) Broomend of Crichie Burgh Hill Callanish Callanish II Callanish III Callanish IV Clachan an Diridh Corrimony Croft Moraig Cullerlie Fortingall Fowlis Wester Gask Girdle Stanes Glassel Glenquicken Glenterrow Lagmore West (Upper Lagmore) Lamlash (Blairmore Glen) Leys of Marlee (Ardblair) Lochbuie Loupin' Stanes Lundin Farm Machrie Moor 1 Machrie Moor 2 Machrie Moor 3 Machrie Moor 4 Machrie Moor 5 Machrie Moor 6 Monzie Moss Farm Road Na Clachan Bhreige Pobull Fhinn Ring of Brodgar (Brogar) Sandy Road (Scone) South Ythsie Stones of Stenness Temple Wood Torhousekie Twelve Apostles Other sites in the Borders ---------------------- Burgh Hill Edinshall