The Twelve Apostles
Here's what undiscoveredscotland website says about our local stone circle, The Twelve Apostles:
"The good news is that the largest stone circle to be found anywhere in mainland Scotland stands in an easily accessible location less than two miles north west of the A75 Dumfries bypass. The less good news is that when you arrive your first reaction is probably going to be the same as ours: "Is this it?"
Anyone who has visited many stone circles will tell you that they tend to have a certain something about them, a sense of antiquity, a sense of place, a sense of somehow being special and different. Perhaps the most disappointing thing about the Twelve Apostles is that it lacks any discernible atmosphere. Last time we visited the Ring of Brodgar stone circle on Orkney we encountered someone who was there, he said, to await a visit by aliens. We very much doubt that anyone's ever propped themselves against one of the Twelve Apostles in the evening to await... well, anything much at all. Having said that, since we originally wrote those words, one visitor has been in touch to say she finds it a friendly and welcoming place: perhaps it will work better for you than it did for us.
What is beyond doubt is that there are a number of things about the Twelve Apostles that do make it an intriguing site, and it is certainly a place that leads you to ask questions about its origins and purpose. It is certainly a place worth visiting, if only to allow you to make your own mind up about it."
"The good news is that the largest stone circle to be found anywhere in mainland Scotland stands in an easily accessible location less than two miles north west of the A75 Dumfries bypass. The less good news is that when you arrive your first reaction is probably going to be the same as ours: "Is this it?"
Anyone who has visited many stone circles will tell you that they tend to have a certain something about them, a sense of antiquity, a sense of place, a sense of somehow being special and different. Perhaps the most disappointing thing about the Twelve Apostles is that it lacks any discernible atmosphere. Last time we visited the Ring of Brodgar stone circle on Orkney we encountered someone who was there, he said, to await a visit by aliens. We very much doubt that anyone's ever propped themselves against one of the Twelve Apostles in the evening to await... well, anything much at all. Having said that, since we originally wrote those words, one visitor has been in touch to say she finds it a friendly and welcoming place: perhaps it will work better for you than it did for us.
What is beyond doubt is that there are a number of things about the Twelve Apostles that do make it an intriguing site, and it is certainly a place that leads you to ask questions about its origins and purpose. It is certainly a place worth visiting, if only to allow you to make your own mind up about it."