ancient stones

[embee]

On a trip to Scotland I saw what looked as if they could have been stone wells in the undergrowth at the side of the road. They were circular, about 3 ft in diameter and 3ft high. They were topped by a circular stone about 6" thickness which covered the whole structure. The top lid had a design round the outside and at first it looked a bit like a car tyre. There were 2 of these 'monuments' about 6-8ft apart. They were not in line with the road but at an angle. They had obviously been there for a long time and no doubt before the road had been built. Can anybody please tell me what they were?

[naomi24]

Embee, I don't know the answer, but I really hope someone else does. I'd like to know too.

[embee]

Thanks Naomi24 for taking the trouble to write. I too hope someone can tell me what they are.

[Rosetta]

I loved Zacsmaster's answer when you posted this in History.
Haggis hutches LOL

[naomi24]

Whereabouts in Scotland are these things, embee?

[Rosetta]

try this website to see if has what you descibe

http://www.scotland-inverness.co.uk/stones.htm

Sorry I cant do a proper link, this new computer won't let me copy and paste

[Octavius]

It might be a small cairn, or a Victorian installation for roadside drainage (manholes, storm drains etc). Without a real idea of �how old� or some pictures, it really is difficult to guess or point you in the right direction.

[Octavius]

If the carvings in the stone seem similar to Pictish carvings, then the structure might have been the access chamber � or some say sacrificial chamber � for an Iron Age broch.

Google �Minehowe� or the underground cellar at �Broch of Gurness�. Unlikely, but you never know.