OS1/19/18/37
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Stone of Morphy | Continued | stands, bears the name of Comeston, or, as it is written in old records Camuston. The names of Wardroperton and Scotstown, two farms bordering on the latter seem to indicate the position of the Scottish army, and a den quite close to the pillar is called Dannie's Den, which seems easily convertible into Danish Den. The form of the stone which is a plain unsculptured obelisk of 13 feet in height above the ground and tapering from 4 feet in breadth at the base, to 2 at the top seems also to correspond with the description of other Danish monuments in different parts of Scotland" ( New Stat. Act. [Statistical Account] P 281-2 .) This Stone stands in the Stack Yard of the farm Steading to which it gives the name. It is a large irregular shaped block of freestone of about 4 feet by 2, and about 12 feet of it is above the ground , there is no mark of a tool upon it, and it appears to have been erected in an unhewn state , for what purpose is mere conjecture. - About three years ago a Stack fell against it and the Stone was knocked over. Previous to its re-erection Curiosity led the proprietor to excavate around the base of the Stone, during the excavation , part of a human skeleton embeded [embedded] in black unctuous earth, was discovered close to the stone, and the body appeared to have been buried without a Coffin or Urn, as nothing of that kind was found. This would lead to the supposition that the stone had been erected to Commemorate a person who had been buried here. This information was given by Mr James Adamson of Morphie |
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