The Circle, Present and Future - The Stones and the Stars: Building Scotland's Newest Megalith - page 287

F IG . 10.3 Forbes family memorial at the central stone, winter solstice 2009
(Photo by author)
devotees - featured originally on the plan which Dave McClymont
modified for the helicopter operation brochure (Fig. 5.14 ) . But
with little take-up, the Park was instead allowed to develop into
a nature reserve, with a wide variety of trees and plants, shelter-
ing deer, foxes, ducks and other wildlife. Despite its original name
of Broomhill, it hasn't been reclaimed by gorse. But even today,
beautiful as it is, the park is strangely deserted even in summer
when the other parks are crowded with people. The local family
of the late Lily Forbes have been leaving memorials at the circle
since her death in 2005, because it was one of her favorite spots,
and they remain there undisturbed (Fig. 10.3 ).
So matters remained until 2000, when the Community Art-
ist, Jim Campbell, decided to feature the circle in a mural for the
Sighthill Youth Center (Fig. 10.4 ), and asked me to cut the tape at
its unveiling (Fig. 10.5 ) . After discussing the history of the circle
with me, he suggested that we form a project to complete and ren-
ovate the circle. Our main aims were to restore the stones to their