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Kirkmadrine
Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Kirkmadrine
Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 60467
Site Number NX04NE 33
NGR NX 08010 48480
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60467
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Stoneykirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX04NE 33 0801 4848.
The Third Statistical Account gives the 'tradition' that Kirkmadrine church is 'situated on the site of an ancient 'Druid' temple'. The explanation is probably that this derived from Andrew Donaldson's "Stoneykirk: Past and Present" (1909). Donaldson wrote: 'From the formation of the old inscribed stones at Kirkmadrine there seems no doubt that they have been taken from a Druid temple.'
Third Statistical Account 1965; J Murray 1981
Note (7 March 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
