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Chamber and committees

Sighthill Stone Circle

  • Submitted by: Bob Doris, Glasgow, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 January 2013
  • Motion reference: S4M-05297

That the Parliament shares the concerns of local residents and others that Sighthill Stone Circle in Glasgow, which, it understands, is the UK’s only astronomically aligned stone circle built in modern times, may be demolished as part of the preparations for the city’s 2018 Youth Olympics bid; notes that planners have suggested that the site may have to be uprooted to perform testing for chemical contamination; understands that such tests were, in fact, carried out prior to the circle’s construction in 1979; notes also that there are plans for a walkway to run through the site; supports the alternative proposal by local campaigners for any walkway to wind around the circle instead, thus preserving it as a landmark, which it believes would enhance any Olympic development there, and calls on Glasgow City Council to rethink plans for demolition and retain this unique part of Sighthill's heritage.


Supported by: Colin Beattie, Chic Brodie, Roderick Campbell, Willie Coffey, Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Rob Gibson, Patrick Harvie, Jamie Hepburn, Adam Ingram, Colin Keir, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Gordon MacDonald, Mike MacKenzie, Joan McAlpine, Mark McDonald, Christina McKelvie, Stuart McMillan, Gil Paterson, Dennis Robertson, David Torrance, Jean Urquhart, Maureen Watt, Sandra White, John Wilson