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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Justice Stone Justice Stone
Justice Stone
Jousting Stone
James Robertson
Sampson Younger
Mr. S. B. Hare
002 [Situation] About 7/8 mile South of Abercorn village.

A Coarse Stone Standing on end, in Hopetoun Wood where disputes are said to have been settled by the Barons and Magistrates in Old times.
It stands about 3 feet high and is about 3 feet long & 3 feet Broad.
Mr. S.B. Hare Considers that it was a place of Meeting by the Barons & Knights for the purpose of Tournaments, or Jousts and therefore called "Jousting Stone"

"In the Wood of Abercorn there is a coarse grey Stone Standing on end which tradition intimates to have been the appropriate site of ancient meetings" Chalmers Caledonia, vol. II p. 839

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[Note] -- "In the Wood of Abercorn there is a coarse grey Stone Standing on end which tradition intimates to have been the appropriate Site of ancient meetings" -- Chalmers Caledonia, vol. [volume] 2 page 839

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