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Westerkirk Mains
Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Westerkirk Mains
Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 67337
Site Number NY29SE 40
NGR NY 29 91
NGR Description NY c. 29 91
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67337
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (1980)
Westerkirk Mains NY c.29 91 NY29SE 40
Nothing can be seen of 'several large whin or moor stones ... which are evidently the remains of a Druidical temple' that stood 'on a neck of land between the Esk and the Megget'.
RCAHMS 1980
(Stat Acct, xi, 1794, 515)
Note (1997)
NY c. 29 91 NY29SE 40
Listed as stone circle (possible).
RCAHMS 1997.
