List of stone circles in the Scottish Borders

This is a list of stone circles located in the Scottish Borders council area of Scotland. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland records 16 stone circles in the Scottish Borders. Of these, three are marked as 'possible'.^[1] Aubrey Burl's gazetteer lists the same number: 2 in Berwickshire; 2 in Peebleshire; 10 in Roxburghshire; and 2 in Selkirkshire.^[2]

Borrowston Rig

Burgh Hill

Five Stanes

Harestanes

Ninestane Rig

Yadlee

Locations of well-preserved stone circles in the Scottish Borders.

The best preserved sites are the following:

• Borrowston Rig
• Burgh Hill
• Five Stanes
• Harestanes
• Ninestane Rig
• Yadlee

Name	Image	Grid reference Coordinates	Former county Parish	Notes
Borrowston Rig		NT 5576 5231 55.762151°N 2.70649°W / 55.762151; -2.70649 (Borrowston Rig stone circle)	Berwickshire Lauder	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[3]
Burgh Hill		NT 4701 0624 55.347361°N 2.837066°W / 55.347361; -2.837066 (Burgh Hill stone circle)	Roxburghshire Teviothead	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[4]
Cloyhouse Burn		NT 1795 3956 55.64268°N 3.305066°W / 55.64268; -3.305066 (Cloyhouse Burn stone circle)	Peeblesshire Stobo	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle (possible)[5]
Five Stanes		NT 7526 1686 55.445025°N 2.392557°W / 55.445025; -2.392557 (Five Stanes stone circle)	Roxburghshire Hownam	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[6]
Five Stone Field		NT 7737 2922 55.556185°N 2.360216°W / 55.556185; -2.360216 (Five Stone Field stone circle)	Roxburghshire Linton	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[7]
Harelaw, Fairnington		NT 66 28 55.549043°N 2.532515°W / 55.549043; -2.532515 (Harelaw, Fairington stone circle)	Roxburghshire Roxburgh	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[8]
Harestanes		NT 1240 4432 55.684468°N 3.394734°W / 55.684468; -3.394734 (Harestanes stone circle)	Peeblesshire Kirkurd	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[9]
Harestanes Cottages		NT 64 24 55.512961°N 2.563698°W / 55.512961; -2.563698 (Harestanes Cottages stone circle)	Roxburghshire Ancrum	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[10]
Kirktonhill		NT 470 543 55.779557°N 2.845751°W / 55.779557; -2.845751 (Kirktonhill stone circle)	Berwickshire Channelkirk	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[11]
Megget Reservoir		NT 17904 21685 55.482056°N 3.300557°W / 55.482056; -3.300557 (Megget Reservoir stone circle)	Selkirkshire Yarrow	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[12]
Ninestone Rig		NY 5175 9731 55.267615°N 2.760791°W / 55.267615; -2.760791 (Ninestone Rig stone circle)	Roxburghshire Castleton	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[13]
Oxnam Parish		NT 75 16 55.441758°N 2.38881°W / 55.441758; -2.38881 (Oxnam Parish stone circle)	Roxburghshire Oxnam	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle(s)[14]
Plenderleith		NT 740 118 55.399901°N 2.411294°W / 55.399901; -2.411294 (Plenderleith stone circle)	Roxburghshire Oxnam	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[15]
Redden		NT 7744 3790 55.634179°N 2.35982°W / 55.634179; -2.35982 (Redden stone circle)	Roxburghshire Sprouston	RCAHMS classification: Four poster stone circle (possible)[16]
Stobo Mill		NT 1755 3700 55.619617°N 3.310651°W / 55.619617; -3.310651 (Stobo stone circle)	Peeblesshire Stobo	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle (possible)[17]
Yadlee		NT 6540 6732 55.897796°N 2.554795°W / 55.897796; -2.554795 (Yadlee stone circle)	Berwickshire Spott	RCAHMS classification: Stone circle[18]

See also

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