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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Temple Wood S Alternative Name: Templewood South, Moon Wood, Temple Wood South
Country: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead  Nearest Village: Kilmartin
Map Ref: NR8263197830  Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.123562N  Longitude: 5.498743W
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
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 4 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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drolaf visited on 3rd Jun 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 the carved spirals are hard/impossible to see unless the sun or a light is at right angle

Chappers60 visited on 17th Oct 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

odprich visited on 1st Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Uralsdaughter visited on 26th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

Anne T visited on 17th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Temple Wood South West Circle: We had this site all to ourselves for all of five minutes before other parties followed us in. We did look for the rock art quite carefully, but were unable to find it.

SandyG visited on 15th Apr 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5

SolarMegalith visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

markj99 visited on 30th Apr 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Kilmartin Glen has many sites to visit. The Templewood Stone Circles are easy to access and reasonably well preserved.

markj99 visited on 30th Apr 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Kilmartin Glen has many sites to visit. The Templewood Stone Circles are easy to access and reasonably well preserved.

macd visited on 10th Sep 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 First visit in Sep 2007, second visit Sep 2014. I must be due another visit soon!

Richard13 visited on 1st Oct 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

BolshieBoris visited on 1st Aug 1996 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

coin visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

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snakefarmer Catrinm Catrinm Catrinm rrmoser AngieLake NickyD have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.79 Ambience: 4.21 Access: 4.64

Temple Wood S
Temple Wood S submitted by SandyG : View from north west. (15th April 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)
According to Burl, this is one of the earliest stone circles in Britain, dating to 3500 BC. The site includes two circles (north and south). The southern circle contains a ring of 13 standing stones about 12 meters (40 feet) in diameter. In the past it may have had 22 stones. In the centre is a burial cist surrounded by a circle of stones about 3 meters (10 feet) in diameter.

Other later burials are associated with the circle. According to the Historic Scotland information marker at the site, the southern circle's first incarnation may have been constructed around 3000 BCE.

The northern circle is smaller and consists rounded river stones (which also fill the southern circle). In its center is a single stone; another stone is found on the edge of the circle. This circle may have originated as a timber circle.

The name of the site originates in the 19th century (coinciding with the planting of trees around the circles) and has no relevance to the purpose of the site. It is located just south of the southern Nether Largie cairn. Source: Wikipedia

For more information also see Canmore ID 39503, which contains extensive notes on both the south western and northern eastern circles and a publication account from 1985.

There is another circle with the same name in Dumfries & Galloway which should not be confused with this one.

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Temple Wood S submitted by SandyG : View from east. (15th April 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Temple Wood S submitted by Bladup : Templewood stone circle. This Original Artwork in a glass frame is £39.99 + Postage (Just whatever it costs), and is 18 cm x 12 and a half cm. A limited (to a 100) print in a 8" x 10" glass frame would be £19.99 + £2.90 postage, E-mail me at [email protected] if interested. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Temple Wood S submitted by h_fenton : Temple Wood South Stone Circle 22 September 2012 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Temple Wood S submitted by h_fenton : Spiral motifs on two sides of the same stone at Temple Wood South Stone Circle. 22 September 2012 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Temple Wood S submitted by Bladup : Temple Wood South stone circle.

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Temple Wood S submitted by andy_h : Temple Wood Stone Circle, Kilmartin Valley, Argyll.

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Temple Wood S submitted by Suncircle49 : Sunny day 19May 2022 (1 comment)

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Temple Wood S submitted by crannog : Ring mark carved into the side of one of the standing stones within the circle. (1 comment)

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Temple Wood S submitted by funsize : This is a cracking site. Large cobble mound with slivers of upright slabs and a central cist. Very accessible and one of many impressive sites within a small area of the Kilmartin Valley. This shows the larger cairn, there is a smaller one ringed by trees a stones throw to the south west.

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Temple Wood S submitted by Anonymous : The Templewood Complex, Kilmartin, Argyll.

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Temple Wood S submitted by Antonine : 2008

Temple Wood S
Temple Wood S submitted by Antonine

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Temple Wood S submitted by Anne T : The Temple Wood South West circle, looking towards Nether Largie South Cairn.

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Temple Wood S submitted by Anne T : The Temple Wood South West circle, looking over to the Nether Largie Stone Setting.

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Temple Wood S submitted by SandyG : View from south west (15th April 2015).

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Temple Wood S submitted by coin : One other spiral (1 comment)

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Temple Wood S submitted by Bladup : Temple Wood South stone circle.

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Temple Wood S submitted by Bladup

Temple Wood S
Temple Wood S submitted by Bladup

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Temple Wood S submitted by SolarMegalith : Temple Wood South stone circle - view from the south (photo taken on April 2013).

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Temple Wood S submitted by SolarMegalith : 13 stones from original 22 are still upright in Temple Wood South stone circle (photo taken on April 2013).

Temple Wood S
Temple Wood S submitted by Bladup : Temple Wood South stone circle.

Temple Wood S
Temple Wood S submitted by Bladup

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Temple Wood S submitted by caradoc68 : NR 556 782, Templewood south. View of central kist with it two stone circles and original outer circle and a large covering of stone to make mound, this monument was built in three part over time.

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Kilmartin Glen Time Traveller walks, Weds 20th and 27th July 2022 by Andy B on Sunday, 10 July 2022
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Time Travellers - A Journey of 6,000 years

Take a ‘Time travellers’ journey and join our volunteer walking guides who will take you down into the Kilmartin Glen monumental landscape, an internationally important landscape on the West coast of Scotland. The walk starts from Kilmartin Village Green and takes approximately 2.5 hours.

The walk is led by two of our knowledgeable volunteer walk guides who will be able to tell you about the history of the glen while you enjoy a walk in the stunning landscape.

On your guided walk you will visit the key historic sites in the glen, including Temple Wood, North & South and Glebe Cairns and the Nether Largie Standing Stones. The route is flat but some of the walk is across fields with uneven surfaces so suitable footwear is essential.

No dogs except guide dogs are allowed on the walk.

Children are allowed on the walk if accompanied by an adult and the walk content is suitable for children aged over 10 years.

Location: Kilmartin Museum, Kilmartin, Lochgilphead, Argyll, PA31 8RQ, United Kingdom

Kilmartin Museum is presently CLOSED for redevelopment but there is a 'Pop up' Cafe on site and public toilets in Kilmartin Village.

All information with regard to the walk and parking will be sent to you once you have booked your place on the walk.

Wed, 20 Jul, 1:20 PM
Wed, 27 Jul, 1:20 PM

Duration of event: 3 hours

To secure a place on the walk, places must be pre booked by emailing: [email protected].

Once you are booked onto the walk, you will receive further information.

Large group bookings cannot be taken for this walk.

https://www.archaeologyuk.org/festival/festival-event-listing/time-travellers-a-journey-of-years.html

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The Two Major Megalithic Observatories in Scotland - Thom, A.; Thom, A. S. 1984 by Andy B on Tuesday, 18 July 2017
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The Two Major Megalithic Observatories in Scotland - Thom, A.; Thom, A. S.
Brogar and Temple Wood as Lunar Observatories
Journal for the History of Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy Supplement, Vol. 15, p.S129
Publication Date: 1984
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Contextualising Kilmartin: building a narrative for developments in western Scotland by Andy B on Wednesday, 07 September 2016
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Contextualising Kilmartin: building a narrative for developments in western Scotland and beyond, from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age by Alison Sheridan

This paper outlines the complex history of developments in Kilmartin Glen between the early 4th and the early 1st millennium BC, taking advantage of recent research and fieldwork , and places it within the broader narrative of developments elsewhere in western Scotland and beyond.

From:
Image, Memory and Monumentality - archaeological engagements with the material world: a celebration of the academic achievements of Professor Richard Bradley
edited by Andrew Meirion Jones, Joshua Pollard, Michael J. Allen and Julie Gardiner

https://www.academia.edu/12179141/
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Re: Temple Wood by DrewParsons on Friday, 18 June 2010
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Antiquity Volume 084 Issue 324, June 2010: Recent astronomical observations at Kilmartin Glen, Argyll, Scotland: http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/scott324/


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Re: Temple Wood S by coldrum on Sunday, 04 April 2010
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Re: Temple Wood by funsize on Monday, 04 June 2007
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