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These ruins date from the fourteenth century. The lovely little village of Temple gets its name because it was here that the famous Military order of The Knights Templar established their chief house in Scotland.
©Kevin Rae
Winter put in a short appearance in January 2008.
©Jim Barton
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking northwards down the village street.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.2km<br/>The ruins of Temple old church
©Jonathan Thacker
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking down on the church from the road that goes down to Sandy's bridge.
©Bob Smith
Dist:0.2km<br/>Temple is named after the Knights Templar who were given the land here, then called Balantradoch, by King David I in 1123. The Order,which was founded to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land against attacks by the Saracens, was suppressed in 1312 and the lands given by Pope Clement V to the Knights of St John. The present building is thought to date from the late 13th - mid 14th century but does incorporate some 12th century masonry.
©ronnie leask
Dist:0.2km<br/>From the minor road to Braidwood Farm
©Jim Barton
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©kim traynor
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Dist:0.2km<br/>"The people in general are quiet, and no disturbers of the public peace. They are mostly employed in agriculture and pasturage. (...) . The church is an old Gothic building, is ill seated, and very cold in winter, from having bad doors, and no ceiling." -- Old Statistical Account, 1791-99
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Dist:0.2km<br/>http://www.templevillage.org.uk/temple/history.html
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Gravestone of an evidently prosperous farmer, depicted with his two sons. For the other side, see [[2021637]] "Much of the land is well adapted to the culture of turnips and potatoes, and for raising crops of hay, and these modes of cultivation will probably become more extensive and perfect, when the roads through the parish shall be made good and easy for conveying the produce of the soil to market. The other crops raised are barley and bear, oats and pease. The barley is raised in the lower part of the parish, and sold to brewers and distillers at the fairs of the county. The bear is raised in the higher part, and sold to the same persons at the 2d or 3d fairs. The oats sown here are the common oats of the country, known by the name of Blanslie oats, and red oats, that answer well in our cold climate upon strong land only. The red oats have been long in this country, and were formerly known by the name of barley-corn. (...) A few Carnwath oats are also sown here, they are about 10 days earlier than the common oats, and produce a greater quantity both of oats and straw upon bad land than either of the other kinds, but are long in the body, and husky. When sown upon good land, they produce an excellent crop of good grain. The oats are either sold in the Dalkeith market, the best grain market in Scotland, or made into meal for the use of the farmer's family." -- Old Statistical Account, 1793 [[2497237]]
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Dist:0.2km<br/>For the other side of this stone, see [[2021640]]
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