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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standing Stones | Standing Stone 1 Standing Stone 2 |
In Arable Field In Clump of Whins |
021.09 | In a field on the Farm of Millplough a little to the north of the steading there stands a very large Stone. It is of the conglomerate Species and has evidently been erected to commemorate some remarkable event, the records of which are apparently lost, as I have not been able to collect any thing regarding it except that it is stated by Mr Cromar of Gobbs that he has heard it stated that a King was Slain there, and he has heard it called Grey Stone. A Short distance from the above named Stone and situated in a Clump of Whins there is another large Stone evidently a Memoriial Stone but about which I have not seen any record nor can I obtain any tradition regarding it. What the origin of the above may have been is only conjecture but from what I have seen, and read about similar objects I consider they are either the remains of some Driudical Cairn or Temple, and what are classed by Antiquarians under the name of "Standing Stones." [Signed] B. Render Corp. R.E. [Corporal Royal Engineers] 10th Decr [December] 1863 "Some of these Cairns which still remain are called Cat Stones, and the same name which seems plainly to be derived from the British Cad or the Scoto-Irish Cath, a battle, is applied in several instances to single Stones. Numerous stones of memorial, or rude Pillars apparently very ancient, and raised by the same people as the Cat Stones exist in every district, and in allusion to their upright position are traditionally called Standing Stones [continued on page 38] |
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[Page] 37Parish of Arbuthnott
Standing Stone 1 [note]
[There is a sketch of this stone showing the dimensions of 14 feet long, 5 feet high and 2 feet in depth.]
Standing Stone 2 [note]
[There is a sketch of this stone showing the dimensions of 4 feet high and 3 feet in depth.]
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