View SW at the larger of two stone circles in Temple Wood copse, Kilmartin, Scotland, UK. The site was the focus for burials over many centuries.
View SW at the larger of two stone circles in Temple Wood copse, Kilmartin, Scotland, UK. The site was the focus for burials over many centuries & remodelled several times in the Neolithic & Bronze Age periods (3rd millennium BC). The site is displayed in its final form with the 22 uprights masked by a spread of stones sealing two small burial cairns. Burials in cists were made inside & outside the circle, & at some point smaller slabs were erected between the free-standing monoliths to form a closed circle. Both circles were aligned to movements of the sun & moon, & used in conjunction with a setting of standing stones 310m to the S. Trees were planted in the late C19th & the site given the name of Temple Wood.
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Location: Temple Wood Stone Circles, Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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