The best-known megaliths in Scotland
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
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Orkney and Lewis come first: the Ring of Brodgar, the Stones of Stenness and Maes Howe on Orkney, and on the Isle of Lewis the Tursachan Chalanais, with Callanish IV and Callanish X close by. The mainland's share is Aberdeenshire's circles: East Aquhorthies Stone Circle, Sunhoney Stone Circle, Tyrebagger Hill Stone Circle are all within 27 km of Aberdeen, and Aikey Brae is 17 km from Peterhead. The Twelve Apostles stand 4 km from Dumfries.
RLQuest knows 285 named standing stones, stone circles and chambered cairns in Scotland, 59 of them with a Wikipedia article. That is more than any other kind of place in Scotland except castles (480) and ruins (480). Stones suit the app's quests: a fixed point in open ground, confirmed by your recorded route, and the moor fills in on your map.
Every dot is a place. The numbers mark the highlights listed below.
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
A selection, best known first, with the nearest larger town next to each.
and 233 more
RLQuest knows these places too. Which means:
Some of your daily quests lead to a real place near you. The app uses your location to check you were really there.
If you're the first person in RLQuest to complete a quest at a place, it's your first find. The Place Book shows you which kinds of place you're still missing.
Every walk uncovers tiles, each about 350 m across. Over time you can see which corners you know well, and where you've never set foot.
Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Borders: geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0); Canada: Statistics Canada. As of 2026-10-02. The list shows the places RLQuest knows and isn't complete. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons; author and license are credited on each photo.
