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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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THEAFAL STANE | Theafal Stane Theafal Stane Theafal Stane Theafal Stane |
Daniel Rankin Esqr.[Esquire] J.L. Stewart Esqr.[Esquire] Rev.[Reverend] John Wylie Statistical Acct.[Account] of Lanarkshire |
018.16 | A large irregular shaped block of whinstone. placed on the verge of a steep slope in Jock's Gill.The tradition connected with this stone is that it was a portion of Samson's Sling-Stane which bcame detached from its parent block when the latter was hurled at Glasgow Cathedral; the larger portion known by the name of Samson's Sling-Stane falling into Fiddler Gill (see plan 25-5) and the smaller portion bearing the name of Theafal Stane finding a resting place in Jocks Gill: the derivation of Theafal Stane cannot be ascetained[ascertained] nor can any thing authentic be obtained respecting the history of these stones except the above tradition which is nothing but the wildest fiction. |
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Ian Muirhead
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