Templestone

NJ05NE 4 0683 5693

(NJ 0683 5693) Stone Circle (NR)

(Remains of)

OS 6" map (1906)

Templestone: This group is interesting on account of its smallness of stones and its being more rectangular than circular. Of the large, erect stones, the NE is a bouldery stone, evidently having fallen forward and now only about 10" above ground. The NW is a pyramidical block of sandstone 2'3" in height; the SW is 4'7" high of quartzitic sandstone; the SE is 2'6" high of quartzitic whinstone.

'A','B','C' and 'D' on the plan are earthfast and seem to be integral to the arrangement. The number of small stones lying loose in the interior seem to indicate exploration, but the results are not known.

F R Coles 1907.

An unusual setting of stones, as planned and described by Coles, although the stone marked 'D' has been removed and may be the stone now lying between the NE and SE corner stones (see amended plan above). Though neither a stone circle nor the chamber of a cairn, its true nature could not be ascertained.

Re-surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (RD) 6 August 1965

A "four poster" on a SW facing slope. The four corner stones form a rectangle measuring 2.3m NW-SE by 2.5m tran- sversely overall. The intermediate stones, as suggested by Coles, appear to be part of the arrangement. The stones are overgrown with whins and there is no suggestion of a platform despite the slopes shown on Coles' plan.

Visited by OS (AA), 28 April 1971.

Four Poster.

Information from H A W Burl, 9 November 1970

Included in list of 'Four-posters'.

H A W Burl 1971.