Archaeology Notes

Event ID 703493

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS52SW 12.05 53909 21385

The Temple, in the policies of Dumfries House (NS52SW 12, built 1754-9): Originally terminated avenue to N of mansion. Pair of battlemented square lodges set diagonally and flanking a screen wall with a central gateway. Now ruined and obscured from view. (Temple: name NS 539 213).

SDD List 1963

NS 5392 2138. The Temple: name verified. The structures and their condition are as described. There were recent plans to refurbish the gateway but it is not known if these are to be effected (estate office, Dumfries House Mains).

Visited by OS (JRL) 18 October 1981