Stone circle in Tornant Upper

National Monument in state ownership No. 531. Listed as a 'stone circle' in the SMR (1986) and as a possible 'stone circle' in the RMP (1995). On the saddle of a rocky E-W ridge with a marked slope to the S. A scatter of mainly split quartz boulders to the NE of enclosure (WI015-038----) which may be part of a displaced revetment. One of the boulder fragments has a curved groove (Wth 0.02m; D 0.01m) on its flat upper surface. Price (1934, 38-39) mentions that the 'circle' had a diameter of 'about 120 feet' (c. 36.5m) and was formed by twelve stones nearly all broken by blasting. A single large stone ocurs to the SW (of WI015-038----). Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 21 December 2012 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 150/1940).

Probably dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, given the characteristics of stone circles in the British Isles. Its purpose may have been ritual or ceremonial, possibly linked to astronomical observations or seasonal markers, though specific folklore or use is not recorded.