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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWK STONE | Hawk Stone Hawk Stone Hawk Stone HawK's Stone |
Sir John S Richardson James Hay James Robertson Wright Cottown New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
099 | [Situation] About 3 chains S.E. [South East] of Hawkstone A large whinstone boulder standing about three feet high situated near the eastern boundary of the Parish, on which is cut the word "CALEDONIA". This stone is of some historical note in connexion with the overthrow of the Danes at Luncarty about the year 990, it is an object of considerable interest in the locality in which it stands |
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[page] 1699-9 Trace 4 -- Ph [Parish] of St. Madoes
[note]
"There is also a stone of some historical note here viz.
that stone on which as tradition bears the falcon alighted
which measured out the territory awarded by Kenneth III.
for his intrepid conduct at the battle of Luncarty. By some the
whole of this tradition has been treated as fabulous, and undoubtedly
there are portions of it not easily reconcilable with what are considered
to be well established facts, but however that may be, the stone referred
to has beyond all question been denominated the Hawk's Stone for
many centuries past, the most ancient charters and historical records
referring to it as Saxum Falconis, and one fact in favour of the traditionary
account connected with it is that it does certainly lie upon the very westmost verge
of what is Known to have been the original property of the Hays of Errol."
New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Perthshire
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