Temple Wood by munki-boy
Temple Wood
Temple Wood is a prehistoric site. It is also a designated scheduled monument.
The site is made up of two stone circles.
The larger southern circle contains a ring of 13 standing stones about 12 metres (40 feet) in diameter. In the past it probably had 22 standing stones. In the centre is a burial cist surrounded by a smaller circle of stones about 3 metres (10 feet) in diameter. The southern circle’s first incarnation may have been constructed around 3000 BC.
The northern stone circle is less impressive. The only significant features are a long central stone and a single stone placed near the edge of the circle. This circle may have originated as a timber circle.
Temple Wood was named by landowner, Sir John Malcolm. He planted a wood around the circles at the end of the 1800’s and named it Temple Wood, as this is what he thought the purpose of the site was for.
Created: 27 November 2016 Edited: 29 November 2023
Temple Wood
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Local History around Temple Wood
There are some historic monuments around including:
Crinan Canal,Crinan to Cairnbaan Industrial: inland water SM6500Kilchoan Lodge,chambered cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM220Ford,cairn 60m E of Forestry Houses Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM5442Ford,cist 35m ENE of Ford Hotel Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cist SM5439Clach an t'Sagairt,chambered cairn,Ardfern Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM3376Auchinellan,cupmarked rocks and enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM5669Dunadd, standing stone 190m ESE of Dunadd Cottage Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM197Carnasserie Castle,castle,garden,enclosure and cup-marked stone Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art; Secular: castle SM90061Ardifuir,dun 2400m W of Poltalloch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM234Auchinellan,cupmarked rocks 1150m N of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM5516Ballymeanoch,cairn 300m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3342Ballygowan,prehistoric rock carvings 100m N of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM90025Rowanfield Cottage,cist 275m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cist SM228Stane Alane, standing stone 190m S of Corbiere Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM213Dunamuck,one fallen & two standing stones Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM199Ballymeanoch, henge, 390m WNW of Ballmeanoch Cottage Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge SM176Dunadd,fort,boar carving,ogam inscription and cupmarkings Crosses and carved stones sculptured stone; Prehistoric domestic and defensive hill and promontory fort; Prehistoric ritual and funerary cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks SM90108Carn Ban, cairn, Cairnbaan Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM10333Druim an Duin,dun Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM2420Crinan Moss,cist,Barsloisnoch Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM195Poltalloch, three cists 320m S of Cnoc-an-teallaidh Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cist SM225Stroneskar,cupmarkings 1750m WSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM5624Ford,cupmarked rock Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM5709Glebe Cairn,Kilmartin Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM90183Ford,stone setting 270m SW of Ford Hotel Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone setting SM202Kilmartin Churchyard, crosses, tombstones, & Neil Campbell Tomb Crosses and carved stones: sculptured stone (not ascribed to a more specific type); Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM13316Poltalloch, cist 55m WNW of North Lodge Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cist SM221Dunamuck, chambered cairn 350m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM11053Dun, enclosure and cairn, 200m W of Barnluasgan Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM10337Achnabreck,standing stone 275m SSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM168Stroneskar,cupmarked rock and cairns W of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM5710Loch Coille-Bharr, enclosure 220m NW of, Knapdale Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM10336Kintraw,artificial hillside platform Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone setting SM3690Cairnbaan, prehistoric rock art 230m N & 215m NNE of Cairnbaan Hotel Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM13211Dun mac Samhainn, cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM201Dunamuck,two standing stones Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM200Barr a Chuirn,fort 430m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM3360Crinan Canal,Cairnbaan - Ardrishaig Industrial: inland water SM6501Nether Largie,standing stones 400m S of Fork Roads Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM218Nether Largie Mid, cairn 305m NNE of Nether Largie Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM13298Achnabreck,prehistoric rock carvings 370m NNE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM90006Baroile,chambered cairn 180m SSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM179Nether Largie,cup marked rock 440m N of Fork Roads Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM217Kilmichael Glassary,prehistoric rock carvings Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM90184Achnabreck, prehistoric rock carvings 485m NNE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM12957Kintraw,cairns and standing stone 200m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM210Ballymeanoch,kerb cairn 430m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3749Barnluasgan, enclosure 950m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM7265Barnluasgan, enclosure 530m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM3861Rhudil Mill,cairn 225m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM226Barnluasgan, enclosures 1200m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3860Gartnagreanoch, chambered cairn, Knapdale Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM10342Ederline,crannog 600m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: crannog SM5443Carnasserie Castle, cairn 550m WSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM186Lady's Seat,cairn 420m WNW of Ballygowan Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM211Old Glennan, standing stone 60m N of, and cairns 50m & 125m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM5514Barsloisnach, two cists 230m ESE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cist SM181Crinan Harbour, pyroligneous acid works Industrial: chemical SM5814Crinan Canal,Loch a' Bharain canal feeder Industrial: inland water SM6502Dunamuck, cairn and two standing stones 460m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM198Creagantairbh Beag,standing stone at S end of Loch Ederline Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM194Temple Wood,stone circles and cairns 330m SW of Nether Largie Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM90300Torbhlaran,standing stone Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM230Poltalloch,standing stone 500m WSW of East Lodge Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM224Poltalloch,cup & ring marked rock 225m N of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM222Rhudil Mill, cairn 410m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM227Ballymeanoch, standing stones 450m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone setting SM4301Ormaig,cupmarked rocks 320m S of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM5488Baluachraig,prehistoric rock carvings 100m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM90026Nether Largie North, cairn 480m NNE of Nether Largie Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM13294Poltalloch,cup & ring marked rock SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM223Dunchragaig,cairn 280m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM90111Glenmoine,cup and ring marked rock 200m NNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM5491Duntroon, fort 140m N of Duntroon Lodge Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM240Dun Chonallaich,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Secular: shieling SM5473Dun Mac Samhainn,dun Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM5474Creag Madaidh Mor,mine 1050m WNW of Glenmoine Industrial: mines, quarries SM5490Carnasserie Farm,cup-marked rock 360m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM3349Nether Largie South, chambered cairn 120m S of Nether Largie Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM13299Carnasserie,two standing stones 500m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM187St Bride's Chapel Ecclesiastical: chapel SM2640Ri Cruin,cairn 210m S of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM90247.
