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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| STANDING STONES OF LUNDIN | Standing Stones of Lundin Standing Stones of Lundin Standing Stones of Lundin Three Stones of Lundin |
Mr. James Wilson Leven Mr. A. Wilkie Western Bank Sibbalds Hist. [History] of Fife p.829 Johnston's Co. [County] Map |
025 | [situation] About 3/8 of a Mile E. by S. [East by South] of Lundin Tower. Three upright stones situated in a triangular form, they are of red sand stone and said to be from a rock on Largo beach, bearing no trace of any inscription; being rough unhewn blocks. The tradition in the neighbourhood respecting them is both vague and inconclusive, Some alledging they mark the burial place of some renowned Celtic Chieftains who fell in battle, while others imagine they were reared to celebrate an important victory gained by the Scots over the Danes Near the spot. from their position it is all but manifest they belong to a period far antecedent to either and obviously formed a part of one of those Circles of Stones, believed to have been Druidical Temples - In the days of Sibbald a forth stone of equal magnitude stood near the present ones. Mr. James Wilson who formerly held the adjoining lands says he frequently raised stone Coffins near them when ploughing, containing urns filled with Calcined bones and One holding the Complete Skeleton of a man of enormous size, the scull of whom is at present either in Largo House or in the Museum of the United College of St. Andrews. |
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57[page no.] Parish of Largo Plan 25 A Trace 5Old English [written faintly under 'Three Stones of Lundin' in Modes of Spelling Column]
The general belief and opinions concerning the age of these Stones ascribe to them a very ancient date evidently antecedent to the Norman conquest. Therefore to be written in Old English on Plan.
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