Twelve Apostles, Dumfries.
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thebigchip
N 55° 05.868 W 003° 39.102
30U E 458413 N 6105869
The Twelve Apostles is a group of 11 stones, arranged in a circle in a field to the east of East Cluden Village.
Waymark Code: WM3GG7
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/03/2008
Views: 23
The Twelve Apostles are situated north of Dumfries and east of East Cluden. It is a Cumbrian style circle and is the seventh biggest in Britain. Recently a hedge which run through the circle had been removed.
the circle is situated at the side of the A76 and easily accessible from the road.
Type: Stone Circle
Number: 12.00
Size:
With its maximum diameter of 88m Twelve Apostles is the largest stone circle in mainland Scotland and one of the largest in Great Britain. It lies a few kilometres north of Dumfries, and is cut in two by a modern field boundary.
Until 1837 there were twelve stones out of a probable 18 originals, but now only eleven of them survive, five still standing. Only four boulders are of local stone.
The tallest upright stone is 1.9m high, but the largest block is a slab 3.2m long and 2.3m wide lying prostrate in the south-west sector of the ring. Many white quartz pebbles were found within the circle. http://www.stonepages.com/ancient_scotland/sites/12_apost.htm
Parking: Not Listed
Source: Not listed
Purpose: Not listed
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