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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Temple Wood N Alternative Name: Moon Wood, Templewood North, Temple Wood NorthCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead Nearest Village: Kilmartin
Map Ref: NR8265997856 Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.123808N Longitude: 5.498315W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Catrinm visited on 1st Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Uralsdaughter visited on 19th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Anne T visited on 17th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Temple Wood North East circle: Within sight of the Temple Wood South West circle (I got my bearings all confused here!). This cairn has obviously been recreated, with concrete posts and blocks representing post holes and kerb stones. Nicely done.
odprich visited on 1st Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
SandyG visited on 15th Apr 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5
SolarMegalith visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
custer visited on 8th Jul 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Fantastic woodland setting lovely and peaceful. Right next to very quiet road
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 Sep 2007, second visit Sep 2014.
Richard13 visited on 1st Oct 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
BolshieBoris visited on 1st Aug 1996 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
coin visited - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5
hidebasket visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
snakefarmer rrmoser hamish NickyD have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.69
Circle diameter: 35 by 33 feet, Number of stones: ?
Excavations have shown that this site began as a timber setting, and was only later transformed into a circle. The longer axis runs N-S.
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.
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