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Temple Wood
Stone Circle (18th Century)
Site Name Temple Wood
Classification Stone Circle (18th Century)
Canmore ID 65780
Site Number NX98NW 11
NGR NX 9184 8522
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65780
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dunscore
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX98NW 11 9184 8522.
(NX 9184 8522) Stone Circle (NR)
OS 6" map (1900)
An imitation Bronze Age circle built of weathered stones by Captain Riddel who was the owner of Friar's Carse, Dunscore, in the late eighteenth century. (See also NX89NE 23)
Trans Dumfriesshire Galloway Natur Hist Antiq Soc 1948
A bogus stone circle of 38 stones, all standing except three, one of which is in the centre and one just W of the circle. The stones vary in height from 1' to 7'.
Surveyed at 1/2500 scale.
Visited by OS (BS) 12 June 1975.
