Druids' Temple is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1966. Folly.
Druids' Temple
- WRENN ID
- sharp-foundation-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1966
- Type
- Folly
- Address
- Druids' Temple, Ilton-Cum-Pott
- OS grid reference
- SE 174 787
- Coordinates
- 54.20388, -1.73376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Druids' Temple is a folly built around 1800 for William Danby of Swinton Castle. Constructed from sandstone, it is designed to resemble a Druids' temple and consists of two circular shapes featuring monoliths and trilithens. The first large circle, shaped like a vesica piscis, includes four monoliths and a central monolith that serves as a phallic symbol of ancient reverence. Behind three stones that form a screen, there is an antechamber leading to a circular chamber containing a Sacrificial Stone, and beyond this is a tomb. On the hill above the temple stands a tall column of stones that symbolizes a deity and the twelve signs of the zodiac.
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