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Templand Mains
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Templand Mains
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 65264
Site Number NX89SE 3
NGR NX 8771 9396
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65264
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Closeburn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX89SE 3 8778 9396.
(NX 87718384) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
The remains of a stone circle which gives its name to the farm "Temple-land" on which it stands (Scots Mag 1806) Two of the stones were still standing in 1806 (R M F Watson 1901) and one in 1913.
RCAHMS 1920
Only one stone now remains.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (SFS) 9 June 1975
