Twelve Apostles Stone Circle
The largest of the stones | |
| Coordinates | 55°05′52″N 3°39′06″W / 55.097804°N 3.651705°W |
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| Type | Stone circle |
| Official name | Twelve Apostles stone circle |
| Type | Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring |
| Designated | 1 April 1924 |
| Reference no. | SM641 |
The Twelve Apostles (grid reference NX9470079400) 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 midwinter sunset.
It is a scheduled monument.