Twelve Apostles Stone Circle
The Twelve Apostles is a large stone circle located between the villages of Holywood and Newbridge, near Dumfries, Scotland. It is the seventh largest stone circle in Britain and the largest on the mainland of Scotland.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: stone circle at Newbridge, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Twelve Apostles,stone circle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bridge, Newbridge, Dumfries and Palmerston Park.
Bridge, Newbridge, Dumfries
Bridge
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridge, Newbridge, Dumfries is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Twelve Apostles Stone Circle.
Palmerston Park
Stadium
Photo: Jmorrison230582, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919. Palmerston Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Twelve Apostles Stone Circle.
Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Park
Photo: David Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a 30 acre sculpture garden created by landscape architect and theorist Charles Jencks and his wife, Maggie Keswick Jencks, on Maggie's land and their home together, Portrack House, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Garden of Cosmic Speculation is situated 2½ miles north of Twelve Apostles Stone Circle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newbridge Drive and Dumfries.
Newbridge Drive
Quarter
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newbridge Drive is a relatively new suburb in Dumfries. It is situated on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith and is approx 1.8 miles north-west from Dumfries town centre.
Dumfries
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dumfries is the principal town of Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland. It's a pleasant market town, with a population of 46,500 in 2020. Robert Burns the poet spent his last years here: from 1788 to 1791 at Ellisland Farm 7 miles north, then in Dumfries town until his death, aged 37.
Maxwelltown
Suburb
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Maxwelltown was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Maxwelltown is situated 2½ miles southeast of Twelve Apostles Stone Circle.
Twelve Apostles Stone Circle
- Categories: stone circle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.09784° or 55° 5′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.65167° or 3° 39′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C7R38XX+48OpenStreetMap ID
way 1007815078OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q7857581
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In Other Languages
“Twelve Apostles Stone Circle” goes by many names.
- German: “Twelve Apostles (Newbridge)”
- German: “Twelve Apostles”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Holywood Church and Lochside Post Office.
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