Torhouse
The Standing Stones of Torhouse are a stone circle of nineteen granite boulders on the land of Torhouse, three miles west of Wigtown, Scotland.Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: archaeological site in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Torhouse Stone Circle”, “Torhousekie”, and “Torhousekie Stone Circle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Boreland Mote, motte.
Boreland Mote, motte
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boreland Mote, motte is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Torhouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wigtown and Wigtown Harbour.
Wigtown
Town
Photo: Jeff Tomlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wigtown is a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland. It lies east of Stranraer and south of Newton Stewart. Wigtown is situated 3½ miles east of Torhouse.
Wigtown Harbour
Locality
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wigtown Harbour or Wigtown Quay was relocated in 1818 to serve the town of Wigtown and its hinterland in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, following the silting up of the original natural harbour that was originally located near to St Machute's church. Wigtown Harbour is situated 3½ miles east of Torhouse.
Kirkcowan
Village
Photo: David Baird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkcowan is a village and rural parish in Wigtownshire, Scotland. In 1846, the parish had a recorded population of 607. The River Bladnoch runs to the east of the village and the River Tarff to the west. Kirkcowan is situated 4 miles northwest of Torhouse.
Torhouse
- Categories: archaeological site, stone circle, heritage site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.877° or 54° 52′ 37″ northLongitude
-4.52246° or 4° 31′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C6QVFGH+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 429475305OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q939931
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Torhouse” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Torhouse Stone Circle”
- German: “Torhousekie”
- Italian: “Torhouse”
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