Torhousekie

Torhousekie
(Torhouse)

STONE CIRCLE

This beautiful flattened circle, measuring 21.4m x 20m, comprises 19 granite boulders. At the centre there is a row of three stones (two larger and one smaller between them) aligned NE-SW.
The circle boulders are graded in height from 0.6m to 1.4m towards the south-east. The site is different from any of the other stone rings in the region, being more like the recumbent stone circles of Grampian and south-west Ireland.
In 1684 the central stones were known as 'King Gauldus's Tomb' (a mythical Scottish king). Not far to the south of the circle there is a single standing stone and to the east an alignment of three boulders.
In care of Historic Scotland