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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANDING STONE [Earl's Seat] | Standing Stane | Mr. Elder Farmer Earl Seat Mr. T. Bywater Mr. J. Bywater Old Stat. Acct. |
032 | An oblong stone standing perpendicular 4 feet out of the ground supposed to have been erected by the Danes or Druids. Situate (in a field a little S.E. of Earls Seat) on the Turnpike Road. A stone, on the turnpike road, about one third of a mile after entering the parish from the east, it has stood time immemorial; is 4 feet in height above ground,and 3 feet in diameter, by some called the standing stone, by others the halfway stone between Kirkcaldy and Kennoway. For what reason it was placed there, the writer could never learn any thing satisfactory. Old Stat. Acct. |
Continued entries/extra info
written under name entry:- In Stump, not an antiquity (initailed J.B.)
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 125 - Parishes of Dysart and Wemyss, OS1/13/125
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Dysart and Wemyss.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.
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