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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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STONE CIRCLE (Remains of) [Corr Stone] | Stone Circle (Remains of) Stone Circle (Remains of) Stone Circle (Remains of) |
Mr. Milne. Mains of Druminnor Revd. [Reverend] Alexander McKay Free Manse Rhynie Mr. Carr. Rhynie. |
043 | Applies to the remains of a Druidical place of Worship, there are five stones of this Circle remaining four of which are lying down, & one standing, this latter is 7 feet in height, by 2½ feet in breadth, One of the prostrate stones is of enormous size: & is 13 feet in length by 3½ in breath. The other three are of smaller dimensions averaging from 6 to 7 feet in height by ½ in breath. The stone now standing was erected by the inhabitants of the surrounding neighbourhood in the Summer of 1799. |
CORR STONE | Coarse Stone Coarse Stone Coarse Stone Corsestone |
Mr. Milne. Mains of Druminnor Revd. [Reverend] Alexander McKay Free Manse Rhynie Mr. Carr. Rhynie. Robert Grant Esq. Druminnor House |
043 | This name applies to one of the above prostrate Stones, & is 13 feet in length by 3½ in breath, so called from its irregular, Coarse Shape. I think the name has been revived from the Gaelic "Corr", on account of the enormous size of this stone. E.H.C. Capt R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers] |
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[Page] 85Parish of Auchindoir & Kearn
CORR STONE
"Cor, A twist, a turn
*Corr. Great, excellent." (Gaelic)
"Corse- The cross" (Jamieson)
Corse Stone, certainly. JMD
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