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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANDING STONE (Sculptured) [Loanhead of Keillor] | Standing Stone Standing Stone Standing Stone Standing Stone |
Thomas Mole, Denside Hugh Watson, Keillor William Weighton John Walsh. Loanhead of Keillor. |
048 | [Situation] A few Chains NE [North East] of Loanhead of Keillor. A standing stone about 6 feet in height situated on the eminence of a *Cairn. There is no tradition in Connection with it. |
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[Page] 26Parish of Kettins -- Sheet 48 No. 4 Trace 2
At Baldowrie there is an erect Danish monument Six feet
high. It contains Some figures but they are almost entirely defaced,
New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Forfarshire p. [page] 643
Forfarshire is remarkable for its great number of ancient Sculptured Stones which are
found in different localities. The age in which they were erected, and by what people, and for
what purpose have been long the subject of desquisition among antiquaries, but from my de-
ciphering of the Inscription of one of the principal stones of this class which is in the church
yard of St. Vigians, (See Name Book for ph. [parish] of St. Vigians), it appears pretty plainly that they belong
to the age of the establishment of Christianity in this district, or at least not long afterwards, and
that they were erected by a christian people as sepulchral monuments to commemorate their
illustrious dead. J.C.
* There appears to be no good authority for stating that a cairn Stood here as mentioned in the above
Descriptive Rk. [Remarks]. See correspondence at the end of this book.
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Chr1smac -Moderator, Alison James- Moderator
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