Layout and Location - The Stones and the Stars: Building Scotland's Newest Megalith - page 127

F IG . 5.8 Knappers location, back cover of “The Druid Temple Explained”
out of the city as the main road to Loch Lomond and the High-
lands (Fig. 5.8 ). The sandy ground had formed as a shoal in the
tidal estuary of the river, and the prehistoric remains were found
in mid-July 1937 as sand was being excavated for building pur-
poses. On the eastern side part of the structure was destroyed by
the sand digging before its importance was recognized.
Archaeologists had excavated about a third of the total area by
late summer of 1938, and work was resumed in summer of 1939;
by then, however, “it is feared that unless sufficient funds are sub-
scribed without delay that the temple may have to be abandoned
by the Explorers, which would be an unforgivable national disgrace.
Donations, however small, should be sent to Mr. J. Eric Ferguson,
chartered accountant, 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow” - down the
road from our office. Evidently the appeal was not a success or time
was too short, since it must have been in the same year that our
SSEB informant went to see it before its destruction.