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<< Text Pages >> Kirkgunzeon - Stone Circle in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by Anonymous on Saturday, 02 November 2002  Page Views: 13840

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kirkgunzeon
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.25 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Dumfries  Nearest Village: Kirkgunzeon
Map Ref: NX86576668  Landranger Map Number: 84
Latitude: 54.981762N  Longitude: 3.773988W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Stone Circle in Dumfries & Galloway

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St Winning's Well (Kirkgunzeon) submitted by Anne T : Looking down into the bowl of the well. Easier to see the stones forming a very rough bowl with the eye, rather than in the photograph. Large stone(s) in the foreground, then an arc of rough-worked stone-work courses from the right hand side across to the middle of the photograph, well hidden by shrubbery. Perhaps best seen in winter? No water was visible at the time of our visit. Said by the ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Winning's Well (Kirkgunzeon)
St Winning's Well (Kirkgunzeon) submitted by Anne T : The bowl of the well is visible by following the short-mown grass path from the lane to the trees. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Winning's Well (Kirkgunzeon)
St Winning's Well (Kirkgunzeon) submitted by Anne T : The stand of trees showing it in context with the small white cottage (now offices) with the rusty remains of a threshing (?) wheel at its end. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Winning's Well (Kirkgunzeon)
St Winning's Well (Kirkgunzeon) submitted by Anne T : First view of the stand of trees under which the well is located. Opposite, you can hear the steady trickling/gurgling of 'Kirkgunzeon Lane'. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Kirkgunzeon by Anonymous on Thursday, 20 February 2020
I work in Kirkgunzeon, have never seen a stone circle. Someone came to our office asking where the circle is once. I will ask around, see if anyone knows anything.
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    Re: Kirkgunzeon by Andy B on Thursday, 20 February 2020
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    Thanks - Canmore say:

    A stone circle near Kirkgunzeon manse was destroyed between 1790 and 1870. (Information from J Gillespie)
    F R Coles 1895

    According to Mrs J Moffat (The Shop, Kirkgunzeon), the oldest inhabitant in the village, a circle of stones c.30 ft in diameter with a small mound in the centre stood on flat ground at NX 8657 6668. Over the years successive farmers have removed the larger stones and now only the slight mound, c.4.0 m diam. x 0.3 m high, with several clearance stones on top, survives to mark the site of the stone circle.
    Visited by OS (RD) 8 July 1969

    So possibly there is something still to be seen there - photos of the location are very welcome.
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    Re: Kirkgunzeon by Runemage on Thursday, 20 February 2020
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    The Canmore link http://canmore.org.uk/collection/175202 says
    "Description Kirkgunzeon, church, stone circle (site of), enclosure (possible), ring ditches Aerial photograph" which suggests the circle is no longer standing.

    Canmore's archaeology notes from July 1969 confirm this
    https://canmore.org.uk/site/64940/kirkgunzeon
    I don't know if the slight mound with stones on top which it refers to would be visible today.
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Re: Kirkgunzeon by Anonymous on Saturday, 16 November 2002
The map reference given seems to be for a location in Kirkgunzeon village. I have passed through Kirkgunzeon [it is very small] many times and am not aware of any stone circle there.

Kirkgunzeon is an early Christian localtion, perhaps dating as far back as 6th century AD. From 1160, it was rented out to monks from Holm Cultram abbey in Cumbria, along with all of what is now the parish of Kirkgunzeon.

If there was a stone circle at Kirkgunzeon village, it would have been commented on as an example of Christianity taking over a pagan site.

Alistair Livingston
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