With a population of around 250 people, the unassuming village of Temple, which lies just outside of Gorebridge and around 12 miles south of Edinburgh, is barely known and yet it was said to have once been owned by the Knights Templar.
It sounds like the synopsis of a Dan Brown novel, but in the 12th century the little Midlothian hamlet was the main preceptory of the Knights Templar and is believed by many to be the place where they hid their treasure.
Originally called Balantrodach, from Scots Gaelic Baile nan Trodach, meaning "town of the warriors", Temple was gifted to the Knights Templar in 1128 by King David I of Scotland after the monarch met with the legendary order's first Grand Master, Hugues de Payens.
