OS1/11/16/70
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAIY STONE | Caiystone | Rev [Reverend] L Balfour Colinton John Corron Comiston |
006 | A large block of Whinstone in a Standing position on the Summit of Caiyside 10 ft [feet] high and 4ft [feet] in breadth and 1½ in thickness. and about 4 or 5ft [feet] below the ground in shape somewhat like this - [there is a line drawing of an irregular rectangular object] The Accounts that I can glean about this stone are various. It is supposed by the peasantry that a general name Kay or Caiy fell in some conflict here but at what period no account can be given. from a more intelligent Authority viz. the Rev [Reverend] Lewis Balfour Parish Minister. he thinks that it was placed there in memory of some general name "Camo or Camus" belonging to the Danes who were engaged in a severe conflict with the Saxons on this hill |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 705.C
List of Names collected by John E. Daveran R S [Royal Sappers] & Miners
Caiystone Object: Standing Stone [Ancient]
[Township or Parish] Colinton
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Nora Edwards, auntylexa
Location information for this page.
