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Tour Scotland Photograph Temple Wood Stone Circle
Tour Scotland photograph of Temple Wood Stone Circle Kilmartin Glen, Scotland. Temple Wood, or Half Moon Wood, is an ancient site located in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland. The site includes two circles, north and south. The southern circle contains a ring of 13 standing stones about 12 meters in diameter. In the past it may have had 22 stones. In the center is a burial cist surrounded by a circle of stones about 3 meters 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 BC. 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.
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