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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| DEIL'S STANE | Deil's Stane Deil's Stane Deil's Stane |
Revd. [Reverend] George Peter Mr Peter Beattie Mr Alexander Mortimer Flights of Fancy By George Cadenhead |
064 | A Stone of very great size in an arable field near to the manse of Kemnay- it is about twenty two yards in Circumference. Seven yards in diameter- measuremant north and South, and about tuelve feet high. The following Extract is taken from a book in the possession of the Revd [Reverend] George Peter Minister of Kemnay. "This is a large rock which stands in the middle of a Cultivated field, near the parish Church of Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, and which tradition affirms, the Devil threw at the Church from the neighbouring mountain of Benachie, (Parish of Oyne) in order to revenge the good deeds of the parish priest." Flights of Fancy by George Cadenhead 1853 |
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[Page] 25Aberdeeshire Parish of Kemnay
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