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[Page] 34 \n\nThe parish likewise contains two crosses of remote antiquity. One of these is situated a little \nto the westward of the town, among the woods, and is usually Called by the local name of Mugdrum \nCross. The term "Mugdrum" is obviously a corruption of Magridin, the saint in whose honour it may \nhave been erected, and to whom the lands of Mugdrum were dedicated. It Consists of one large \nstone, as the representation here shows, placed upright in Another and though the transept is now \nCompletely broken off, and all the upper portion obliterated, so that the shaft only remains, there \ncan be no doubt, from the appearance of the stone itself, as well as from its resemblance to the monuments \nof similar date and character, that a cruciform portion at one time surmounted what now exists +++ \nIt is Curious that this beautiful and very remarkable monument has escaped the notice of Sibbald \nand the other Fifeshire antiquaries. Nothing is Known of its history. A group of five similar \nones exists at Meigle, a person of more than apocryphal existence, but who is said to have lived about \nthe year 800. Four others of similar aspect are found at Aberlemno, which together with one \nat Pitmuis and another at Moneekie, are said to commemorate the defeat of the Danes and \nslaughter of Camus, their Chief in the eighth Century. If this is the purpose of the cross under \nConsideration - to commemorate a similar defeat at Luncarty, about the Close of the tenth Century, \ncertainly no site could be more appropriate for it than the immediate vicinity of the \nfamily mansion, where it now stands, of the direct lineal descendants of the patriotic Hay \nand his stalwart sons who turned the tide of battle, and obtained in reward the hawks flight \nbeing the property of Leys, which is still in their possession." &c &c \nNew: Stat: Acct: [Statistical Account] Page 68.