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Latitude: 57.6629 / 57°39'46"N
Longitude: -2.5084 / 2°30'30"W
OS Eastings: 369764
OS Northings: 863779
OS Grid: NJ697637
Mapcode National: GBR N85G.ML4
Mapcode Global: WH8LW.FNRF
Plus Code: 9C9VMF7R+5J
Entry Name: Temple Of Venus, Macduff
Listing Name: Doune, Hill of Doune, Temple of Venus
Listing Date: 23 May 1990
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 382760
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37624
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200382760
Location: Macduff
County: Aberdeenshire
Town: Macduff
Electoral Ward: Troup
Traditional County: Banffshire
Tagged with: Monument
William Adam, 1737 and later. Belvedere in form of domed
arcaded rotunda. Modern harl, ashlar margins and dressings.
6 round-headed keystoned arches rising from continuous plinth
to form arcade; bandcourse at impost level; bandcourse and
cornice at wallhead; domed harled rubble roof capped by
renewed square facetted sandstone finial crowned by small
ball finial.
Commanding position on Hill of Doune overlooking Banff and
Banff House.
Commenced 1737 but still incomplete in 1743. Restored 1985-6.
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