Twelve Apostles Stone Circle

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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. It is similar in design to the stone circles of Cumbria, and is considered to be an outlier of this group. Its south-westerly arrangement aligns it with the midwinder sunset. ()

Coordinates: 55°5'52"N, 3°39'6"W

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Twelve Apostles Stone Circle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Palmerston Park, Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Dumfries Museum, Lincluden Collegiate Church.

2.2 miSE
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport
Palmerston Park, Dumfries
56 min walk • Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Championship club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919.
2.3 miN
Garden, Park
Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Dumfries
60 min walk • The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a 30 acre sculpture garden created by landscape architect and theorist Charles Jencks at his home, Portrack House, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Like much of Jencks' work, the garden is inspired by modern cosmology.
2.7 miSE
History museum, Museum, Natural history museum
Dumfries Museum, Dumfries
69 min walk • Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, located in Dumfries in Dumfries & Galloway, is the largest museum in the region. The museum has extensive collections relating to local and history from the pre-historic era.
1.5 miSE
Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Church
Lincluden Collegiate Church, Dumfries
39 min walk • Lincluden Collegiate Church, known earlier as Lincluden Priory or Lincluden Abbey, is a ruined religious house, situated in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire and to the north of the Royal Burgh of Dumfries, Scotland.
2.4 miSE
Museum
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Dumfries
62 min walk • The Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum is a volunteer-operated aviation museum located in and around the World War II-era watch tower at the former RAF Dumfries, located two miles north east of the centre of Dumfries, Scotland, which was in service from June 1940 until 1957, when it closed.
2.4 miSE
Art gallery, Museum, Shopping
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
61 min walk • Gracefield Arts Centre is located in Dumfries. The gallery's main building, a Category B listed building, was bought in 1951 by a committee of local people who raised the money needed for the purchase and to do the alterations necessary to change the former house, which was known as ‘Gracefield’ into an art gallery.
2.5 miSE
55°4'4"N • 3°37'5"W
Brigend Theatre, Dumfries
63 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
2.7 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Theatre Royal, Dumfries
69 min walk • The Theatre Royal in Dumfries, Scotland is the oldest working theatre in Scotland. The Theatre is owned by the Guild of Players who bought it in 1959, thereby saving it from demolition. The Guild's aim is to promote the tradition of live theatre in Dumfries.
2.9 miN
Museum, History museum
Ellisland Farm
76 min walk • Ellisland Farm lies about 6.5 mi/10.4 km northwest of Dumfries near the village of Auldgirth, located in the Parish of Dunscore, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The complex is a museum in the farm Robert Burns built, lived in and farmed from 1788 until 1791.
2.7 miS
Archaeological site
Curriestanes cursus, Dumfries
71 min walk • Curriestanes cursus is a large neolithic ditched enclosure on the outskirts of Dumfries, in the parish of Troqueer, Dumfries and Galloway. It is visible only from aerial photography. It is, along with Pict's Knowe, one of two scheduled monuments in Troqueer parish.
3.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Friars Carse
84 min walk • Friars' Carse is a mansion house and estate situated 2 kilometres southeast of Auldgirth on the main road to Dumfries, Parish of Dunscore, Scotland. The property is located on the west bank of the River Nith and is known for its strong associations with Robert Burns who lived for a while at the nearby Ellisland farm.