NR8297 : Temple Wood northern stone circle

near to Slockavullin, Argyll And Bute, Great Britain

Temple Wood northern stone circle
Temple Wood northern stone circle
One of a pair of circles on this site. The nearby information boards give the following description of the northern circle:

Built before 3000BC as a timber structure and replaced by the southern circle, it lay hidden until the southern circle was excavated. The timber posts were replaced with stones, but the circle was never completed. A central stone lies on the north-south axis and the arrangement of postholes suggest it was built to mark the movement of the sun. The layer of stones spread across the centre of the site appears to be a deliberate decommissioning of the site.
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Photographer
E Gammie   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph
Date Taken
Thursday, 29 May, 2008   (find more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 2 June, 2008
Category
Ancient site   (find more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NR 826 978 [100m precision]
WGS84: 56:7.4301N 5:29.9174W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NR 826 978
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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