The Killin Stone Circle, nestled on a hill sloping towards Loch Tay, remains an enigma, a glance from the roadside in Kinnell that reveals more as you approach. This compact arrangement of dark grey schist, arranged in a flattened circle with a diameter of around 10 metres, is situated in a pasture field immediately southwest of Kinnell House. The two tallest stones, reaching a height of 1.9 metres, sit side by side, carved on one with three cupmarks distributed across their tops like a map of the heavens.
The stone circle is one of the more westerly examples of a large number of stone circles to be found in central Scotland, many of which consist of six stones. However, the exact age and purpose of the circle are not clear from the available source material. Today, the stone circle can be found in a pasture field, its secrets hidden but not 'hidden in plain sight'. It is not a monument to be found in a museum, but in a pasture field, a piece of our ancient past that continues to defy expectation in the modern world.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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