Templestone Stone Circle
Templestone Stone Circle is an archaeological site in Moray, Scotland. Templestone Stone Circle is situated nearby to Blervie Castle, as well as near Rafford Parish Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blervie Castle and Dallas Dhu distillery.
Blervie Castle
Castle
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blervie Castle is a ruined 16th-century Z-plan tower house, about 2.5 miles south-east of Forres, Moray, Scotland, and about 1 mile north-east of Rafford. Alternative names are Blare; Blarvie; Blairvie; Blervie Tower; and Ulerin. Blervie Castle is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Templestone Stone Circle.
Dallas Dhu distillery
Museum
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dallas Dhu distillery is a inactive Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery located in Forres, Moray, Scotland. Dallas Dhu means "Black Water Valley" in Gaelic. Dallas Dhu distillery is situated 2 miles west of Templestone Stone Circle.
Sueno’s Stone
Photo: Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sueno's Stone is a Picto-Scottish Class III standing stone on the north-easterly edge of Forres in Moray and is the largest surviving Pictish style cross-slab stone of its type in Scotland, standing 6.5 metres in height. Sueno’s Stone is situated 2 miles northwest of Templestone Stone Circle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rafford and Forres.
Rafford
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rafford is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is approximately 2.5 miles southeast of the town of Forres, and 5.5 miles northwest of the village of Dallas.
Forres
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forres is a town in Moray in northeast Scotland, with a population of 9090 in 2020. By the second century AD it was sufficiently famous to be mapped as Οὐάραρ εἴσχυσις — "Varar Estuary" — by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria.
Kinloss
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinloss is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located near the shore of Findhorn Bay, around 3 miles from Findhorn and 2.5 miles from Forres. Northeast of the village is Kinloss Barracks, formerly RAF Kinloss which opened on 1 April 1939. Kinloss is situated 3 miles north of Templestone Stone Circle.
Templestone Stone Circle
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.59282° or 57° 35′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.56018° or 3° 33′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C9RHCVQ+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 1023925084OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rafford Parish Church and Rafford Village Hall.
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