Nineteen stone boulders arranged in a circle near Wigtown in Galloway, Scotland, form a stone circle amongst the rolling hills along a busy road. The stone circle, known as Torhouse Stone Circle, is located in Bladnoch Valley and was once an important place. Three boulders mark the centre of the stone circle, and they are known as "King Gauldus' Tomb" (a mythical Scottish king) in writing from the 1600s. Some burial tombs (cairns) were located near the stone circle, but their stones were removed long ago to use on the farms.
Torhouse Stone Circle has not been archaeologically excavated, but it probably dates from the Neolithic period.
The three stones in the middle of the circle may have pre-dated the stone circle and may have been a burial place. There are other stones nearby; three stones lie to the east, and a single stone lies to the south. This was surely an important place.
The pasture next to the stone circles had a herd of cattle, and some of them seemed to be interested in what I was doing. I found it to be a pleasant place with good views surrounded by hillside.
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