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Glasgow Live
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David McLean

The curious origins of Glasgow's Sighthill Stones as fenced-off landmark reopens to public

For the most part, we know very little about the prehistoric stone circles that are dotted around Scotland's landscape.

Shrouded in mystery, we have no idea who put them there or exactly what their purpose was - but that's definitely not the case with Glasgow's 'mini Stonehenge' - the Sighthill Stones.

Erected in 1979 as part of the Jobs Creation Scheme, the landmark was the first astronomically-aligned stone circle to be built in the British Isles for more than 3,000 years.

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